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发帖数: 4019 | 1 BEIJING – An illegal garment shop in a four-story building in southern
Beijing caught fire early Monday, killing 17 people.
Another 24 people were hurt in the fire, which broke out at 1 a.m. (1700 GMT
Sunday), China's official Xinhua News Agency said. It said the fire had
been put out, but did not immediately give a cause for the blaze.
The first floor garment shop was unlicensed, and the floors above it were
used to accommodate workers, Xinhua said. Iron bars installed over windows
to keep out burglars may have prevented people from escaping, it said.
Building fires are common in China because of lax safety codes and unsafe
construction work. In November, 58 people were killed in a Shanghai
apartment fire that was blamed on welders ignoring safety precautions |
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