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21 fire survivors discharged from hospital in Jilin

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-08 20:54

JILIN, Jilin - Twenty-one survivors of Friday morning's shopping mall fire in Northeast China's Jilin city had been discharged from hospital as of 5:00 pm Monday, local health authorities said.

A shopping mall in Jilin, Jilin province, is on fire at 9:00 am on Nov 5, 2010. [File photo/Xinhua]

The fire killed 19 and injured 27 others, 24 of whom were hospitalized. Three injured were still hospitalized but were in stable condition.

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The fire ravaged the fourth floor of the five-storey mall.

It took firefighters 10 hours to extinguish the flames.