10 killed, 9 injured in Xinjiang residential building fire

URUMQI: Ten people were killed and nine were injured in a fire at a residential building Thursday night in Urumqi, capital of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local authorities said.

The fire broke out at around 7:49 p.m. at a high-rise residential building in a community of Tianshan District in Urumqi. It was put out at around 10:35 p.m. Ten people died despite emergency treatment.

The injuries sustained by 9 others are not life-threatening. Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.

-Xinhua