11 killed in east China house fire

Eleven people were killed Monday as a midnight fire engulfed two residential houses in east China’s Zhejiang Province, local government reported.

Two more people were critically injured while ten others sustained minor injuries, the government said. The fire broke out in the city of Yuhuan, under the administration of Taizhou City, at 00:13 a.m.

The fire was put out at about 1:50 a.m.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.