Death toll in Hubei building fire rises to 14
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The death toll in a building fire in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, has risen to 14 by Tuesday, as rescuers found five more bodies in the debris, an official with the local government said.
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![Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2011 shows the site where a fire occurred in a building, which is owned by Hongkang Industry Co. in Qiaokou District, Wuhan City, capital of central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110119/001372a9a93f0ea09c8b2e.jpg "Photo taken on Jan. 18, 2011 shows the site where a fire occurred in a building, which is owned by Hongkang Industry Co. in Qiaokou District, Wuhan City, capital of central China's Hubei Province. [Photo: Xinhua]")
Four others who were injured in the fire were receiving treatment in hospital, said a spokesman with the Wuhan City Government.
The fire started at around 11 p.m. Monday on the ground floor of a four-storey building. It spread over 900 square meters of floor space before it was contained.
The ground floor was a food market and more than 20 people lived in the floors above, according to a witness surnamed Tao. Many of them managed to escape the blaze.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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