Victims 'still missing' after fatal market blaze
By Ding Luyang in Meihekou and Hu Yinan in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2009-09-07 07:51
At least nine people were killed and six others injured in a blaze at a farmers' market in Jilin province yesterday.
The fire started around 9 am in the downtown area of Meihekou, local authorities said.
Eyewitnesses told China Daily that one of the market's two exits had been totally destroyed.
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