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At least three people are dead and 14 injured after a huge fire engulfed a hotel in China.

The blaze broke out at the multi-storey building in Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi Province on Saturday morning.

Dramatic video footage posted online showed thick, dark smoke billowing from several floors of the hotel and the roof as emergency services raced to the scene.

(Image: Collect Unknown) (Image: Collect Unknown)

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It's believed an apartment block has also been caught up in the fire which broke out at about 8am local time.

Television images showed victims being taken out on stretchers.

According to local media, the fire broke out on the second floor where construction work was taking place.

Dozens of workers were caught up in the blaze and one man jumped from the window.

The four-storey hotel is connected to a 24-storey apartment building where people are also trapped.

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