Four people died and 36 others are being treated in hospital after drinking an illicit brew made using industrial alcohol Monday in Yuanjiang Hani-Yi-Dai Autonomous County, Yuxi City, in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Fourteen of the drinkers are still in a critical condition.

The Yuxi government has allotted 100,000 yuan (US$12,050) to treat the victims.

The local police have closed the tavern which served the poisonous drink, and are looking for other consumers of it.

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