China massage parlor fire kills 18, 18 others injured

TIANTAI, Zhejiang: Sunday’s fire at a foot massage parlor in east China’s Zhejiang Province killed 18 people and injured 18 others, police confirmed early Monday.

Flames engulfed “Zuxintang foot massage and bathing parlor” in Tiantai county in the city of Taizhou at 5:26 p.m., the county’s public security department said.

It said eight people were found dead at the scene and 10 others died later in hospital.

As of 5 a.m. Monday, 18 people had been landed in hospital with injuries, it said.

The flames were extinguished at around 7 p.m.

The parlor was on the first and second floors of a six-story building in a downtown community.