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21 die in hospital fire in Beijing

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BEIJING, April 18 (Internews): Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead following a hospital fire in Beijing’s Fengtai District on Tuesday, according to the district’s fire and rescue department.

Firefighters received a report of a fire at an inpatient department building of Beijing Changfeng Hospital at 12:57 p.m. The fire was extinguished at 1:33 p.m., with 71 patients evacuated.

By 6 p.m., 21 people had been confirmed dead. An investigation into the cause of the incident is underway.

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