13 Students Dead in School Fire in China’s Henan Province

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Thirteen school children died in a dormitory fire in central China’s Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan’s Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11:00 pm (1500 GMT) Friday night, Xinhua said. Thirteen students were confirmed dead and one injured. A teacher at the school told state-run Hebei Daily that all the victims were from the same third-grade class of nine and 10-year-olds. On Saturday evening AFP journalists saw the area around the school cordoned off, with more than a dozen police officers patrolling the scene....