JAKARTA - A restaurant fire in China killed 22 people and injured three others on Tuesday, according to CCTV reports.

There are no details yet regarding the cause of the deadly fire. The fire was reported to have occurred at 12.25 noon local time, Tuesday, April 29 at a restaurant in Liaoyang City, Liaoning province.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called the fire a "very serious record" and urged local officials to immediately investigate the cause, treat the injured, and hold those responsible, the Xinhua state news agency said.

Earlier, a gas leak caused two major explosions in residential areas last year, with an explosion at a restaurant in northern China's Hebei province, which killed 2 people and injured 26 others in March as well as an explosion in a tall building in southern Shenzhen in September that killed one person.


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