14 dead, dozens injured in northern China high-rise building fire

Fourteen people died and dozens more were hospitalised after a fire broke out in a high-rise building in northern China on Sunday. The fire erupted at around 5pm in the Haosheng International Apartment building in Taiyuan, the capital city of Shanxi province, according to the Yingze district government.

It was put out by around 7pm and rescue efforts ended at around 8.30pm, the authorities said. That night, 38 people were sent to hospital, among whom five died.

By Monday morning, the death toll...