At least 39 people were killed and nine others were injured after a fire broke out in a commercial building in China’s southeastern Jiangxi province on Wednesday afternoon, according to state media.

The fire broke out around 3.30pm local time in the basement floor of a store in a shopping area, in Xinyu City, according to a statement by officials for the Yushui district of Jiangxi province.

Officials said the rescue workers, firefighters, police, and city and district leaders were deployed to the scene to carry out rescue.

Several people were trapped inside the building, state broadcaster CCTV said, adding the building where the fire broke out housed an internet cafe on the ground floor and a training institution upstairs.

Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a statement about the blaze, noting that this was “yet another major safety production accident that has occurred recently,” and called on officials to “resolutely curb the frequent occurrence of various safety accidents, and ensure that the people Safety of life and property and overall social stability.”

The statement also called for the State Council’s Work Safety Committee to investigate into the blaze, demanding “to pay attention to the implementation of safety responsibilities and measures… leave no blind spots.”

The local government said the cause of the fire was under investigation.

Last Friday, a fire broke out in a boarding school dorimitory in central Henan province, killing at least 13 children.

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