Off the wire
• Ain Shams University sweeps Chinese language competition in Egypt  • 4 security agents killed in armed confrontation in South of Tunisia  • Basement-digging lawmaker stands trial in Beijing  • Spotlight: Brazil's Senate to vote on impeachment trial for Rousseff as political chaos underway  • Chinese research body to aid Kenya's anti-poaching efforts  • Chinese researchers find direct evidence that Zika causes microcephaly in mice  • Indian PM trolled on Twitter for comparing Kerala state with Somalia  • Six stand trial for selling banned beef from Japan  • New initiative to facilitate intra-Africa trade launched in Kigali  • Ex-PM Gordon Brown backs Remain campaign in EU debate  
You are here: 　 Home

Three dead in apartment building fire in southwest Finland

Xinhua, May 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three people were killed in a fierce apartment building fire on Tuesday night in Turku, southwest Finland, local media reported on Wednesday.

The fire broke out in a three-storey apartment building, which has more than 10 apartments. The top storey of the building was completely burnt down, and the lower floors were also badly destroyed.

Three people were found dead, Ari-Pekka Lehtinen, senior investigating officer at the Turku Police Department, told the Finnish daily Turun Sanomat. Other residents of the building were evacuated by rescue workers.

The fire was brought under control and did not spread to nearby buildings. Lehitnen said the cause of the fire remained unknown. Endit