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Over 17 killed in south China fire
Xinhua, February 6, 2015
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Over 17 people were killed in a fire in south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said on Friday.
![A fire broke out in a warehouse in south China's Guangdong Province on February 5, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]](../../attachement/jpg/site1007/20150206/7427ea210acc163e6b9b34.jpg "A fire broke out in a warehouse in south China's Guangdong Province on February 5, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]")
A fire broke out in a warehouse in south China's Guangdong Province on February 5, 2015. [Photo: Xinhua]
The fire broke out at about 1:51 pm on Thursday in a warehouse on the fourth floor of a small merchandise wholesale market in Huidong County. It had been put under control by 7:35 pm, the county government said in a statement.
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