20 Killed in Nursing Home Fire in Northeast China

Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in northeast China. State media reported that the blaze in Chengde city, Hebei province, broke out last night and was extinguished in about two hours. Nineteen people survived the



fire and were taken to the hospital. 

Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze, and a person in charge of the nursing home has been detained.