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House Fire in China Claims at Least 22

by Reuters

   BEIJING --

   At least 22 people were killed when a house in China's eastern Jiangsu
   province caught fire Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency cited
   local authorities as saying.

   The fire broke out before dawn at a two-story residential house in
   Yushan town in Changshu city, Xinhua said. Three were injured. The
   blaze has been put out, and investigation into the cause is under way,
   it said.