As of 10:45 a.m. local time, at least 22 people were killed and three others were wounded after a residential house caught fire in east China's Jiangsu Province on Sunday, said local authorities.

The accident took place at around 4:30 a.m. local time in a two-storey residential house in Yushan Town in Changshu City.

According to sources, the house was rented to more than 20 people to live.

The fire has been put out and an investigation on the cause of the incident is underway.

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