At least 29 people have died after a fire erupted in a Beijing hospital on Wednesday, in what appears to be the city's deadliest blaze in 20 years.

Beijing authorities on Wednesday said 26 of the victims were patients.

Video that circulated on Chinese social media before being quickly deleted by censors showed people climbing out of windows, using sheets as ropes to escape as smoke billowed from the hospital. The walls were also visibly blackened and charred from fire and smoke.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/19/inquiry-begins-after-21-die-in-beijing-hospital-fire/

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