7 killed in central China's fire

At least seven people were killed and another was injured after a building caught fire in central China's Henan Province, China's News Agency (Xinhua)reported. The fire burst out in a house in Laonangang Village in the economic and technological development zone in the provincial capital city of Zhengzhou, according to a statement from the zone's publicity department. It engulfed a residential complex on the first floor of a five-story building and sprawled over 10 square meters, killing seven people and injuring another, before being put out, the statement said. The identities of the dead and the cause of the fire are under investigation, local police said.