Nine killed in Guangdong blaze

Nine people, including three boys, were killed in a fire in the Nanhai district of Foshan, Guangdong province, on Friday morning, sources with the provincial emergency management office said.

The blaze, which occurred at 5.26 am at a 96-square-meter vehicle center in an industrial zone, was put out an hour later.

An investigation is under way, the emergency management office said.