Fire Kills 233 in China Dance Hall
Times Wire Services
BEIJING —
A huge fire swept through a crowded dance hall in northeastern China, killing 233 people and injuring 16, local officials said today.
The fire occurred Sunday afternoon in the dance hall in the town of Fuxin in Liaoning province, an official of the Liaoning provincial Fire Prevention Department said by telephone from the province’s capital, Shenyang.
Local news reports said five of the 16 injured were seriously burned.
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