Six people suffocated in a fire in an underwear workshop in the
southern province of Guangdong on Monday, according to local
firefighters.
The blaze broke out around midday in the five-store building in
Gurao town, Shantou city, killing the three family members of the
workshop owner and three more female workers.
The fire started in the first floor of the building. The
workshop is situated on the first and second stories.
The 87 fire fighters managed to rescue four people from the
fire, which was extinguished at 1.30?PM The cause of the fire
is being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2006)
