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Four Chinese officials suspended for fatal rest home fire

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2015-05-28 13:43Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping

河南鲁山副县长因老年公寓火灾事故被停职

平顶山市官方通报称,因5月25日鲁山县琴台街道三里河村康乐园老年公寓发生特别重大火灾事故,根据市人民政府安全生产委员会建议和领导干部问责的有关规定,5月27日,中共平顶山市委作出决定,对鲁山县人民政府分管民政工作的副县长田汉霖同志停职处理。

Rescuers try to put out a fire in a nursing home at Sanlihe village of Lushan county, Central China's Henan province, May 25, 2015. The fire killed 38 and critically injured two. (Photo: China News Service/Dong Fei)
Rescuers try to put out a fire in a nursing home at Sanlihe village of Lushan county, Central China's Henan province, May 25, 2015. The fire killed 38 and critically injured two. (Photo: China News Service/Dong Fei)

Four county officials have been suspended from their duties after a fire claimed 38 lives at a rest home in central China's Henan Province on Monday night.

The officials include Tian Hanlin, deputy head of Lushan County, and Liu Dagang, head of the county's civil affairs bureau, as well as Liu's subordinate Wang Zhanwen and police officer Gao Feng.

The decisions were announced by the Pingdingshan city committee of the Communist Party of China. Pingdingshan administers Lushan County.

The fire at privately owned Kangleyuan Rest Home also injured six elderly people. The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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