2015年CRI 河南鲁山养老院火灾已致38死6伤 中国和智利签署多项双边合作文件（在线收听）

At least 38 people are dead following a fire at a nursing home in Henan.

Six others are being treated in hospital for injuries. Two of them suffer serious injuries.

A fire broke out in the facility in Lushan County, which is in the Pingdingshan area, around 8 last night.

It took crews around an hour to knock down the deadly blaze.

Few other details have been made available.

The facility is home to around a hundred seniors.

It remains unclear at this point what sparked the blaze.

China and Chile have signed a host of cooperation deals including a multi-billion US dollar currency swap agreement, as part of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's time in the country.

The deals cover such areas as politics, trade, finance, mining, agriculture, production capacity and science and technology.

The People's Bank of China has also entered into a 3-year currency swap agreement with Chile's central bank worth 22 billion yuan, or around 3.5 billion U.S. Dollars.

The two sides are also going to look at upgrading their decade-old free trade agreement.

Under the deals, a renminbi clearing bank is also being established in Chile, the first in South America.