37 killed in fire at shoe factory
From Times Wire Reports
A fire at an unlicensed shoe factory killed 37 people and injured more than a dozen, Chinese authorities said.
The fire started Sunday night, said a woman in the information office of the Communist Party committee in Putian, a town in Fujian province. It was probably caused by an electrical wire that caught fire, a spokeswoman for the city police said.
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