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22 killed in China house fire

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BEIJING: At least 22 people were killed on Sunday in a house fire in China's Jiangsu province, police said.

The fire broke out at 4.32 a.m. in a two-storey house in Changshu city, reports Xinhua news agency.

Three others were also injured in the incident, the police said.

The fire has been put out and a probe into the cause of the blaze is underway.

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