China: At least 18 killed in massage parlour fire
WION
BeijingUpdated: Feb 06, 2017, 03:12 AM IST
A video posted on Chinese social media website Weibo, showed thick columns of black smoke coming out from the parlour with people jumping out of the second-floor window of the six-storey building.?(Representative image) Photograph:(AFP)
At least 18 killed and another 18 injured in a fire at a foot massage parlour in China, state media and police said.
The fire broke out at around 5:26 pm Sunday in eastern Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The fire was extinguished within two hours.
A video posted on Chinese social media website Weibo showed thick columns of black smoke coming out from the parlour with people jumping out of the second-floor window of the six-storey building.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
(WION with inputs from AFP)
