Eight people died in a factory fire on Sunday in Shenzhen City
of south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities have
confirmed.?
The fire broke out at about 2:15 PM in a four-storey building of
the Yanghua High-tech Factory that produces electronic
components.
Rescuers put the fire out in an hour. They recovered eight
bodies from the debris who'd been suffocated. A total of 235
workers were evacuated and another ten rescued.
The rescued were taken to hospital. One of them is in serious
condition but not suffering from life threatening injuries,
according to local sources.
As employees were working weekend overtime it's not known how
many were in the building when the blaze occurred. The cause of the
accident is under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency February 12, 2007)