The victims at the budget hotel in the northeastern Jilin province part of a chain called Home Inns died of smoke inhalation after the fire started in a stairwell and sendt thick plumes of moke to the upper floors.
On Thursday the intermediate Peoples court Tonghua city where the incident took place announced three people blamed for starting the fire had been sentenced to death and executed Xinhua news agency said.
The report did not elaborate on why the three started the fire last year on May 1. The court unavailable for comment when contacted by AFP and an official at Jilins superior court said he was not aware of the case.
According to Amnesty International china executes more people than the rest of the world put together although it has reduced the number of offences facing the death penalty abolishing its use for 13 mainly white collar crimes.
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