After the death of more than 150 people in a Hong Kong fire, at least 12 people have been killed in a towering inferno in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. According to government-owned news agency Xinhua, a fire broke out in a residential building in Shantou City, in south China's Guangdong Province, on Tuesday night. Quoting local authorities, it said on Wednesday that the blaze erupted around 9:20 pm in Chaonan District and was brought under control within 40 minutes. The cause of the incident that engulfed the four-story, self-built concrete structure is still under investigation.

Guangdong Fire

The tragedy has hit the Southeast Asian country days after Hong Kong witnessed one of the deadliest fires in its modern history, a massive blaze that killed more than 140 people after sweeping t

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