Firefighters at the site of a fire in Xinyu, in China’s Jiangxi Province, on Wednesday
Not less than 39 people have been killed and 9 were injured in a fire in Xinyu city of Jiangxi province, at a commercial building that housed an internet cafe and an educational center, according to the state media on Wednesday.
The report said that the fire suddenly broke out at around 3pm in the basement of a shop in Yushui district.
The rescue teams, firefighters and police officers were immediately deployed to the disaster area, official said.
Authorities said some people were still trapped.
President Xi Jinping called for "resolute containment" of accidents in the country.
Xi "issued important instructions... requiring resolute containment of the frequent occurrence of various safety accidents to ensure the security of people's lives and property and overall social stability", CCTV reported.
Video footage released by CCTV of the scene showed several fire trucks and other emergency response vehicles lined up across the street from a row of businesses.
The video that emerged on social media showed huge clouds of smoke billowing into the sky.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
江西火災已造成至少39人死亡、9人受傷
根據官方媒體週三報道，江西省新餘市發生火災，已造成至少 39 人死亡、9 人受傷。
報道稱，下午3點左右，渝水區一家商店地下室突然起火。
官員稱，救援隊、消防員和警察立即被部署到災區。
當局表示，仍有一些人被困住。
習近平主席呼籲「堅決遏制」國內事故發生。
據央視報道，習近平「作出重要指示……要求堅決遏制各類安全事故多發，確保人民生命財產安全和社會大局穩定」。
閉路電視發布的現場影片顯示，幾輛消防車和其他緊急車輛在街對面排成一排。
社群媒體上出現的影片顯示，巨大的煙霧滾滾衝向天空。
火災原因正在調查中。
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