Smoke still rises from the Yiwu commodity wholesale market in Huidong County, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 6, 2015. A fire broke out at the market Thursday afternoon, leaving 17 people dead and a fireman injured. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian).
The fire broke out at about 1:51 p.m. on Thursday in a warehouse on the fourth floor of a small merchandise wholesale market in Huidong County. It had been put under control by 7:35 p.m., the county government said in a statement.
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