Death toll rises to 10 in warehouse fire in Zhejiang
( 2003-11-27 21:05) (Xinhua)
A warehouse fire killed 10 peoplein Yiwu City in east China's Zhejiang
Province in the wee hours of Thursday.
The fire occurred at a seven-story building in Zijin Street in Xialuozhai
Village in Choucheng County.
The building belongs to Luo Chaofu, whose mother died in the disaster. The
owner's family use only the third and fourth floors,while renting the other
floors to businessmen making wall calendars or art works.
Firemen and police rushed to the site and saved five women workers. But three
of the workers tried to jump out of the windowsto save their lives, and one died
while two others were injured.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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