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Fire at China rest home kills 38

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Tue, 26 May 2015, 2:20PM
Photo: Stock.xchng
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Fire at China rest home kills 38

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Tue, 26 May 2015, 2:20PM

A fire at a home for the elderly in central China has left 38 people dead and six injured.

The fire broke out on Monday evening in an apartment building of the privately owned rest home in Pingdingshan city in Henan province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

With a rapidly aging population and under-resourced social security net, China faces increasing pressure to provide safe and affordable care for the elderly.

In 2013, a disgruntled resident set fire to a rest home, killing himself and 10 others, in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

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