Nine dead in China shop fire

As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said.

The flames engulfed an automobile repair shop in Foshan city in the morning, reported Xinhua citing a fire brigade official.

It was a single-storey building, existing as shop-cum-residence, the official said, adding that the fire was later doused.