High-rise residential fire kills 14 in China's northern city of Taiyuan

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at a high-rise building in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province of China.(Photo by Wei Liang/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

A fire broke out at a ​high-rise residential building in Taiyuan, the ‌capital of China's northern province of Shanxi, killing at least 14 people, the official ​Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

State ​media said 25 people were still ⁠in hospital, nine with serious injuries, ​citing authorities after the fire broke ​out on Sunday evening in the building on a busy downtown main road.

Smoke billowed over ​the 40-storey structure as firefighters poised ​on cranes outside battled to douse the flames ‌spreading ⁠from its centre.

The fire was put out after about two ​hours and ​authorities said ⁠rescue operations wrapped up by 8:30 p.m., with 38 people ​taken to hospital.

Authorities are investigating ​the ⁠cause of the fire in the northern manufacturing hub, state media added.

- Reuters