Official Chinese media reported that at least twenty-one people were killed in a fire at a hospital in Beijing on Tuesday.
According to the state newspaper Global Times, the fire started at the hospital at 12:57 am (04:57 GMT) local time. changfenglocated in the district fengtaisouthwest of the capital.
Just half an hour later, at 13:33 local time (05:33 GMT), Firefighters managed to extinguish the flamesalthough the rescue operation took another two hours.
In total, twenty-one people died and, according to the balance sheet updated this Tuesday afternoon, 71 more patients were evacuated and was taken to other nearby medical centers.
Now Cause of fire unknown and authorities launched an investigation to clarify them.