A fire in a school dorm in main China eliminated 13 trainees and hurt another individual, Chinese state media reported onSaturday
The dead were 3rd graders at a grade school, according to China Newsweek, a weekly publication released by China News Service, the 2nd biggest Chinese news company afterXinhua Third graders in China are normally 9 years of ages.
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 stated.
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Firefighters rapidly snuffed out the blaze, and the head of the school was apprehended, the reports stated.
Yingcai is a personal boarding school with a kindergarten and a grade school, stated The Paper, a Shanghai government-backed news outlet.
The school provides trainees a break every 2 weeks however this was not a break weekend, The Paper stated, mentioning numerous regional citizens.
Many of Yingcai’s trainees are from backwoods, it stated, including that the fire broke around 10 p.m. (1400 GMT) onFriday
