At least 26 people were killed and 38 others were hospitalized when a fire broke out in a coal company’s office building in a provincial city southwest of Beijing on Thursday, China’s state-run news media reported. The fire began around 7 a.m. in the offices of Yongju Coal Company in Lüliang, a city in the northern province of Shanxi, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The building is four stories high. The fire, which broke out on the second floor, was extinguished by 3 p.m., according to the broadcaster China…
Fire at Coal Firm Office in China Kills at Least 26
