13 people killed in elementary school fire in central China’s Henan province

One person was injured, but his condition is stable and he is being treated at a hospital.

“Fire response teams immediately arrived at the scene and managed to extinguish the fire by 11:38 p.m.,” Xinhua news agency reported.

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Yingcai School is located approximately 20 km (12.4 miles) from the prefectural capital of Fangcheng County.

According to a report in Sichuan-based Cover News, residents described the school as a “private township elementary school” that was established about 10 years ago and primarily accepts local students, most of whom are boarding schools. It was explained that.

One nearby store owner told Cover News that school buses took most of the children home over the weekend, and only about a dozen remained on campus Friday night. Many of those left behind on campus had no one to pick them up because their families lived far away or their parents worked elsewhere.

Shanghai-based news website The Paper said students at the school were from several nearby villages, and those who remained on campus had to leave after the fire.

Another business owner near the school said he was called to the scene of the fire.

“The flames were intense and the flames and smoke could be seen and smelled even from a distance,” he told Beijing Youth Daily. “The students’ cries for help were heard and fire trucks and ambulances quickly arrived at the scene.”

After the incident, leaders from Henan province and neighboring Nanyang city rushed to the scene and set up a command center to deal with the situation, Xinhua News Agency said.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the school has begun an investigation into the cause of the fire and is proceeding with subsequent responses, and the school’s director has been detained.

Meanwhile, eight people were killed in a dust explosion at a metal production workshop in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Saturday morning. The explosion occurred at 3:38 a.m. at Changzhou Shenyong Metal Technology Co., Ltd. in Wujin district under Changzhou city. Eight other people suffered minor injuries in the accident.

“Rescue operations at the scene have been completed, and investigation and follow-up measures are currently underway,” Xinhua News Agency reported.