INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A fire at a street shop in Xinyu City of Jiangxi Province has killed 39 people and injured nine, Chinese state media and the local
government said on Wednesday, adding that some people were still trapped.The fire broke out in the afternoon in an underground floor of the
shop on Tiangongnan Avenue in the Yushui district, said the local fire response emergency headquarters, according to the China Daily media
outlet.The injured were taken to hospital, a government statement said, without disclosing how many.Thick, black smoke could be seen spewing
from shops on the street level and engulfing surrounding buildings in video footage on social media platform Weibo.According to state
broadcaster CCTV News, there was an Internet cafe located below ground level and a training institution upstairs in the building where the
Seven staff members were taken into police custody over that incident.Source: Reuters--Agencies
