By DPA
Beijing : At least 11 people, 10 of them young women, were burnt to death in their sleep early Wednesday when a fire swept through a karaoke centre in northern China’s Hebei province, state media said.
The 10 women and one man died at the Gedu Love Song Hall in Chengde County, about 230 km north of Beijing, the semi-official China News Service said. They were all aged around 20 and worked at the karaoke centre.
Police were investigating the cause of the blaze, which began around 4 a.m. in the two-storey concrete building.
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