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At least 15 dead in China market fire

Investigators work to establish cause of fire

Firefighters clean a fire site inside an agricultural products wholesale market in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The cause of the fire is unknown. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
Firefighters clean a fire site inside an agricultural products wholesale market in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The cause of the fire is unknown. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
Wed Dec 11 2013 - 07:11

A least 15 people have died in a fire in China's Guangdong province.

Reports say it took 145 firemen two hours to control the fire which broke out at Rongjian Farmers’ Market in Shenzhen’s Gongming District.

Xinhua News Agency said investigators were working to establish the cause of the fire.

Firefighters clean a fire site inside an agricultural products wholesale market in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
Firefighters clean a fire site inside an agricultural products wholesale market in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters