Three teenage girls were drowned while playing near a reservoir in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local fire-fighting brigade said on Thursday.
Four girls played near the reservoir to beat the heat, and they fell into water on Wednesday afternoon. Only one of them was saved.
Bodies of the three girls, whose ages were between 10 to 15, were retrieved late Wednesday night.
On Thursday, three people went missing after drowning in neighboring Guangdong Province, according to local emergency response office.
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