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China shopping centre fire kills 16

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Screengrab taken from a UGC video footage shot on July 17 shows a fire tearing through a shopping centre in Zigong in China's southwestern Sichuan province.[Photo, AFP]

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.

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