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Fires during Spring Festival claim 59 in China

Fifty-nine people lost their lives in 10,360 fires during the Spring Festival holiday in China, according to the fire control bureau of the Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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