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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - BEIJING, Jan 20 ― A fire in a school dormitory in central China killed 13 students and injured another person, Chinese state media reported today.
The dead were third graders at an elementary school, according to China Newsweek, a weekly magazine published by China News Service, the second largest Chinese news agency after Xinhua. Third graders in China are usually 9 years old.
The fire broke out last night at Yingcai School in Yanshanpu Village, near Nanyang City in Henan province, China Central Television Station and Xinhua News Agency said.
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Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, and the head of the school was taken into custody, the reports said.
Yingcai is a private boarding school with a kindergarten and an elementary school, said The Paper, a Shanghai government-backed news outlet.
The school gives students a break every two weeks but this was not a break weekend, The Paper said, citing several local residents.
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Many of Yingcai's students are from rural areas, it said, adding that the fire broke around 10pm (1400 GMT) yesterday. ― Reuters
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