19 killed, eight injured in a house fire in China

The inferno was reported around 6.15 pm (local time) on Saturday from the house in Xinjian village, prompting authorities to rush fire tenders to the spot.

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work at the site of a fire in Daxing district of Beijing, capital of China, Sunday. The official Chinese news agency says a fire at a building advertising low-cost rental apartments in a southern Beijing suburb has killed more than a dozen of people.

A devastating fire ripped through a house in Beijing’s southern Daxing district, leaving at least 19 people dead and eight others injured, the state media said on Sunday.

The inferno was reported around 6.15 pm (local time) on Saturday from the house in Xinjian village, prompting authorities to rush fire tenders to the spot.

The fire was extinguished around 9 pm (local time), the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Nineteen people were killed and eight others were injured in the fire, it said.

The injured were taken to hospital for treatment.

According to local authorities, the city will set up a team to investigate the accident. The suspects are under police control, the report said.