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Beijing Apartment Fire Kills 19, Authorities Yet to Determine Cause

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Beijing Apartment Fire Kills 19, Authorities Yet to Determine Cause
Residents carry their belongings as they evacuate the site of a fatal housing block fire that killed 19 people and injured eight in Beijing on November 19, 2017. Ryan Mcmorrow/AFP/Getty Images
Annie Wu
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A fire in a Beijing apartment block has killed 19 people and injured eight, according to the Chinese regime’s state-run mouthpiece Xinhua.
The fire broke out on the evening of Nov. 18 at a three-story apartment block in Beijing’s southern Daxing district.
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Annie Wu
Annie Wu
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Annie Wu joined the full-time staff at the Epoch Times in July 2014. That year, she won a first-place award from the New York Press Association for best spot news coverage. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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