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Residential building fire kills five in E China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-12-08 16:14

WENZHOU - A fire killed five people in a residential building in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province early on Monday.

Wenzhou Fire Brigade was called at 5:52 am to a fire in two apartments on the second floor of a five-story building in the city's Longwan District, said Wu Jian, brigade head.

Firemen put out the fire at about 6:50 am and found five bodies in the debris, Wu said.

An investigation was underway, he said.