Fire at nursing home kills 7 in northeast China

By Fuat Kabakci

BEIJING

Seven people have been killed after a fire broke out at a nursing home in northeast China.

State news agency Xinhua reported that 32 or the 39 elderly residents of the privately-run rest home in Jilin province were rescued by firefighters before dawn Wednesday morning.

An investigation into the incident in ongoing.

In May 2015, a fire at a nursing home in central Pingdingshan city left more than 35 people dead.