13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China's Henan province

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A fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province, and 13 students died in the blaze, Chinese state media reported on Saturday...

All of the dead were third grade students, a teacher told Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from Hebei province..

The fire started Friday night and was put out just before midnight at Yingcai School in rural Fangcheng district in central Henan, and the school's owner was detained, CCTV reported...

The boarding school caters primarily to students in the elementary grades, though it has an attached kindergarten, according to the school's WeChat page..