Residential fire kills woman
By Wang Hongyi and Shi Yingying | China Daily | Updated: 2009-01-10 07:45
SHANGHAI: A fire swept through a shabby residential sector in the downtown area on Friday afternoon, killing an elderly woman.
The disaster in the financial hub came just a day after two men were killed and six others were injured on Thursday in two separate cases at subway construction sites.
Friday's blaze broke out at Chenghuangmiao, a downtown residential area, and quickly engulfed more than 10 houses erected on a vacant piece of land surrounded by buildings in a congested city neighborhood.
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