Apartment fire in Taiwan, Shanxi kills at least 14 people.
[News Channel Now] A fire broke out in an apartment building in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, killing at least 14 people.
The incident happened yesterday at 5:00 pm. A fire broke out in a commercial and residential apartment in Yingze District, Taiyuan City. Someone was trapped at the window and was asking for help.
Media on the continent reported that Howard Johnson's international apartment that caught fire was almost 20 years old and contained a hotel and a training institution.
Some of the hotel guests who escaped said that the smoke sensor did not trigger an alarm and it was not possible to walk through the fire exits. Some people broke the windows and went to the platform and waited for about 40 minutes before being rescued by firefighters using ladders.
The fire was extinguished around 19:00, and many injured people were sent to the hospital for treatment. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.