Kunming, April 14 -- Eight people have been confirmed dead after a fire broke out at a shop in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Saturday, local authorities said Monday.

The fire started in a shop in Chenggong District in the provincial capital Kunming at around 2 a.m.

Saturday. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control at 2:50 a.m.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire.

UNI XINHUA ARN

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