Parents who lost daughter to establish charity fund

Local villa owners compensated by developer for child killed by falling fireplace

The parents of a five-year-old girl, crushed to death by a falling fireplace in their home in 2009, will donate some of the compensation from the community's developer to start a charity foundation.

The girl surnamed Gong was killed by the collapse of a 100 kg fireplace in the family's villa in Napa Valley, Changping district, on May 17, 2009. Gong was sent to hospital but died six hours later.