9 killed in US building fire

Nine people, including some children, were killed in a fire at an apartment building in the U.S. state of Mississippi, said a local TV report.

Nine people, including some children, were killed in a fire at an apartment building in the U.S. state of Mississippi, said a local TV report on Monday.

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According to local TV WCBI, the fire broke out before dawn at the one-story building in Starkville along the Highway 25-South, and firefighters are still on the scene trying to put out the fire. Witnesses told the TV channel that nine people were in the unit that caught fire.