At least 18 people killed after fire breaks out in Harbin’s Sun Island resort area
At least 18 people have been killed and 19 injured in a fire at a hotel in China’s north-eastern city of Harbin, state media reported.
It was the latest in a string of deadly blazes in the country which has been trying to improve public safety over the past two decades.
The fire broke out at the Beilong Hot Spring hotel in Harbin’s Sun Island resort area, according to an employee of the city emergency office who would give only his surname, Wang.
The fire at the four-storey, brick-and-concrete building started at about 4.30am and was extinguished at 7.50am by a force of 105 firefighters with 30 fire engines, state television reported.
Video on its social media account showed firefighters spraying water on the smoke-blackened hotel while fire engines and ambulances stood in the tree-lined street.
