Nursing home fire kills 20 in China

At least 20 people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in northern China, a state news agency reported.

The blaze broke out around 9pm on Tuesday in the city of Chengde, in Hebei province, Xinhua reported.

The remaining people from the nursing home have been transferred to a nearby hospital for further treatment, Xinhua added. It did not say how many there were.

Experts have been sent to the nursing home to investigate the cause of the fire, the news agency said.

In January, a fire at a food market in the city of Zhangjiakou, also in Hebei, killed eight people and injured 15 others.