Beijing ? State media says a fire has killed at least 43 people in a nightclub in southern China.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the fire broke out late Saturday night in the club in Shenzhen, a city in Guangdong province just over the border with Hong Kong.

It said at least 51 people were injured in the blaze. Xinhua did not give a cause for the fire, which has been extinguished.