(UPDATE) BEIJING: Chinese authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a dozen people over a hospital fire in Beijing that left at least 29 dead and forced desperate survivors to jump out of windows to escape.

The blaze, which broke out at the Changfeng Hospital in China's capital on Tuesday afternoon, killed mostly patients and left scores of other people injured.

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