House fire kills 6 in China's Yunnan

KUNMING -- Six people were killed in a house fire early Thursday morning in Southwest China's Yunnan province, according to local authorities.

The fire broke out after midnight in a residential building in Tianxing town in Daguan county, according to the information office of the county government.

As of 1:20 am, the fire had been extinguished and the cause of the accident is being investigated.