Across China: Xinjiang

4 killed in factory blaze

Four people were killed and two others were injured on Tuesday in a fire at a furniture factory in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the local government said yesterday.

Three employees and a 4-year-old boy who was staying with his mother in the factory dormitory were killed when fire engulfed the Yingjia Furniture Plant in the Shuimogou district of Urumqi at about