30 killed, 15 injured in China hotel fire

Saturday, June 11, 2005

BEIJING -- A fire raced through the top three floors of a hotel in southern China, killing 30 people and injuring 15 othersThe fire broke out at noon Friday in Shantou, engulfing the top floors of the four-story hotel, An investigation into the cause was under way.

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