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Toll in south China fire rises to 44: state media (September 24, 2008, AFP)
The death toll from a nightclub fire in southern China has risen to 44 with the death in hospital of a women injured in the blaze, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. It also said in a report late Tuesday that the number of people arrested over the weekend fire in the city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, had risen to 15. The blaze was sparked by a performer who shot off fireworks during a show at the unlicensed club, witnesses and state media have said, triggering a stampede through inadequate exits by hundreds of people which added to the toll.
The death toll from a nightclub fire in southern China has risen to 44 with the death in hospital of a women injured in the blaze, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. It also said in a report late Tuesday that the number of people arrested over the weekend fire in the city of Shenzhen, near Hong Kong, had risen to 15. The blaze was sparked by a performer who shot off fireworks during a show at the unlicensed club, witnesses and state media have said, triggering a stampede through inadequate exits by hundreds of people which added to the toll.