After putting out a flame that erupted into dense black smoke that towered over the building, firefighters in southwest China have pulled six bodies from the scene, according to state broadcaster CCTV, adding that some people are also trapped.
Around 30 others have been saved from the Zigong shopping complex in Chinese province, according to the network.
” Six people have been killed”, state broadcaster CCTV said, adding that search and rescue operations are continuing.
thicker, black smoke was seen rising from the tower in images that the stream spread and shared on social media.
” By 8.20pm ( 1220 GMT ), the fire had been extinguished”, CCTV said.
According to the network, the fire started in the early hour in a shopping center at the feet of a 14-storey building.
Individuals gathered in front of the burning building in various social media images, which AFP was unable to promptly check.
Local fire engines and paramedics could be seen.
According to the journalist, Zigong’s emergency services department received information about the fire at 6.11 local time and immediately dispatched rescuers to put out the flames.
The consumer is asked to” never think or spread the rumors” about the fire, according to the emergency department.
Zigong, about 1, 900km from money Beijing, is home to roughly 2.5 million people.
LAX SAFETY
Due to poor enforcement and weak safety standards, dangerous accidents are popular in China.
Several people died in a fire at a business in the city of Xinyu in January, according to state news agency Xinhua, who claimed it was the “illegal” use of fire by employees in the room.
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the time demanded lessons to be learned from the tragedy to prevent more calamities.
That same month, a fireplace in a home building killed at least 15 people.
The flames came just days after a late-evening fire at a university in Henan province, in which 13 children were slept in a dorm, was reported.
29 people died in a unique fire in a Beijing hospital next April last year, forcing evasive patients to leap from windows to avoid.