The fire started in the flower shop at Ningde city and spread through the building to the kindergarten located on the second floor, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.
Firefighters and residents rescued all the children attending a kindergarten on the second floor of the building, however, many sustained injuries.
Some children were thrown to safety by adults in the kindergarten while others were waiting to catch them on the ground.
Witnesses reported seeing hundreds of people crowding the site as all the windows of the kindergarten were being smashed.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known.