State media claimed on Friday that a residential building fire in northwest China’s Xinjiang region resulted in ten fatalities and nine injuries.
According to Chinese news agency Xinhua, the fire started in a high-rise building on Thursday night at 7:50 pm (1150 GMT).
“Ten people died despite emergency treatment,” Xinhua reported.
“The injuries sustained by nine others are not life-threatening,” it added, saying an investigation into the fire had begun.
Due to lax safety regulations and institutional corruption, deadly fires are a typical occurrence in China.
This past week, a factory fire in the city of Anyang, in central China, claimed the lives of 38 people while injuring another two.
Authorities blamed “electric welding in which workers violated safety measures”.
