Eight people died in a fire at a vegetable market in the northern Chinese province of Hebei, Reuters reported, citing information from today on China Central Television.
At least fifteen were injured, BTA specifies.
Authorities are investigating the causes of the fire in the city of Zhengjiakou, which was extinguished less than an hour after it broke out at 8:40 a.m. local time, the television specified.
This vegetable market opened in 2011, and it also sells electronics, Reuters specifies.