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BEIJING, China - A fire that tore through a shopping center in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.Rescue operations concluded at around 3:00 am on Thursday , according to the local fire and rescue services cited by state news agency Xinhua.Video broadcast by state media CCTV and shared on social media Wednesday night showed thick black smoke billowing out of the 14-storey tower in Zigong, Sichuan province.
Other images shared on social media -- which AFP could not immediately verify -- show people gathered in front of the burning building.The emergency department has called on the public to "not to believe or amplify rumours" about the fire.Zigong, around 1,900 kilometres from the capital Beijing, is home to nearly 2.5 million people.Lax safetyFires occur in China due to lax safety standards and poor enforcement.
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