Xinyu: Dozens dead after fire breaks out in China shop - reports

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Dozens of emergency service workers are at the scene of a fire in the city of Xinyu

At least 39 people are reported to have been killed after a fire broke out in a shop in the central Chinese province of Jiangxi.

According to media reports, the fire started on Wednesday afternoon local time in the basement of a building in the city of Xinyu.

Dozens of emergency service workers have been sent to the scene and rescue efforts are underway.

A number of other people are said to have been injured.

The incident comes days after 13 schoolchildren died when a fire broke out in a school dormitory in the central Henan province.

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