There was no word on the cause of the fire.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged all-out efforts to treat those injured, the report said.
This is the second major fire incident in China this month.
On April 9, 20 elderly people were killed in a fire at a nursing home in north China’s Hebei province.
A total of 39 elderly people were in the building when the blaze broke out at the nursing home in Longhua county of Chengde city. PTI KJV PY PY PY