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Rescue workers clear the debris at the site of a fire at a chicken processing plant in Dehui, Jilin province, June 4, 2013. (REUTERS Photo)


Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant

Fire, locked doors kill 119 at China poultry plant

by | Jun 4, 2013 | World

Beijing, AP—A swift-moving fire trapped panicked workers inside a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China that had only a single open exit, killing at least 119 people in one of the country’s worst industrial disasters in years. Survivors described workers,...