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China poultry plant fire kills dozens
Source: The Guardian
A fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in north-eastern China has killed at least 55 people, with more believed to be trapped, state media reported.
The fire broke out just after dawn in Mishazi township, near Dehui in Jilin province, Xinhua news agency said.
"About 100 workers have managed to escape from the plant, whose gate was locked when the fire occurred," Xinhua said.
"The complicated interior structure of the prefabricated house in which the fire broke out and the narrow exits have added difficulties to the rescue work," it said.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/03/china-poultry-farm-fire
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China poultry plant fire kills dozens (Original Post)
alp227
Jun 2013
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. AP UPDATE: Fire kills 112 at poultry plant in northeast China
Updated: 3:55 a.m. Monday, June 3, 2013 | Posted: 3:54 a.m. Monday, June 3, 2013
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
BEIJING A massive fire broke out at a poultry plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 112 people, reports and officials said.
Several dozen people also were hurt in the blaze in Jilin province's Mishazi township, which appeared to have been sparked by three early-morning explosions, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The provincial fire department, on its microblog, attributed the blasts to an ammonia leak.
State broadcaster CCTV quoted unidentified workers as saying the fire broke out during a change of shifts at the plant, owned by Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co., and may have originated in a locker room at a time when about 350 workers were at the site.
The plant's "complicated" interior, narrow exits and a locked front gate made escape difficult, Xinhua quoted survivors as saying. It appeared the death toll could continue to rise as more bodies were recovered from the charred buildings.
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http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/reports-fire-kills-43-at-poultry-farm-in-china/nX9ML/
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
BEIJING A massive fire broke out at a poultry plant in northeastern China early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing at least 112 people, reports and officials said.
Several dozen people also were hurt in the blaze in Jilin province's Mishazi township, which appeared to have been sparked by three early-morning explosions, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The provincial fire department, on its microblog, attributed the blasts to an ammonia leak.
State broadcaster CCTV quoted unidentified workers as saying the fire broke out during a change of shifts at the plant, owned by Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Co., and may have originated in a locker room at a time when about 350 workers were at the site.
The plant's "complicated" interior, narrow exits and a locked front gate made escape difficult, Xinhua quoted survivors as saying. It appeared the death toll could continue to rise as more bodies were recovered from the charred buildings.
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http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/top-news/reports-fire-kills-43-at-poultry-farm-in-china/nX9ML/
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. That's horrible!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)3. horrible. Factory farms are huge there w/ millions of chickens and lots of locked in workers :(
Tyson is huge there, who's the slaughter-plant owner?