BEIJING—A fire tore through a martial arts training center in China during the early hours of Friday morning, killing 18 people, with one state media outlet reporting that most of the dead were children who were staying there.
The blaze broke out at 3 a.m. and injured 16 people, four of whom were in serious condition as reported on the the government of Zhecheng county, in Henan province, website. It was unclear what caused the fire.
