Thirteen people were killed and another seriously injured Friday in a fire at a textile firm in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, state media reported.
The fire broke out around middday in a four-storey building of the Chuanghui Textile Co, Ltd in Xinpo village, Guangdong province, Xinhua news agency said, citing Shantou police. The fire had been extinguished.
The injured worker was in hospital and an investigation into the cause of the blaze was underway, it said.
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