BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Twelve people have been killed in a residential fire in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
The blaze broke out on Tuesday at 9:20 pm local time (1320 GMT) in a four-storey building and was extinguished about 40 minutes later, Xinhua said.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
(Reporting by Ethan Wang and Liz Lee; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
