State media reported that 25 people were killed in a fire that broke out today, Thursday, on board a foreign cargo ship undergoing maintenance at a state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the fire broke out around 11:15 a.m. at the Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry yard during maintenance and inspection work. Of the 42 people on board, 12 were evacuated safely, while five others were injured and taken to the hospital.
