Fire in China school dorm kills 13

BEIJING: A fire in a school dormitory in central China killed 13 people and injured another, Chinese state media reported.

The fire broke out on Friday night at Yingcai School in Yanshanpu Village, near Nanyang City in Henan province, China Central Television Station and Xinhua News Agency said.

The fire was extinguished quickly by firefighters and the head of the school was taken into custody, the reports said.

Yingcai is a private boarding school with kindergarten and an elementary school.

The school gives students a break every two weeks but this was not a break weekend, The Paper said, citing several local residents.

Many of Yingcai’s students are from rural areas, it said, adding that the fire broke around 10pm on Friday. — Reuters