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Taiwan

Seven dead in factory blaze

Taiwan is mourning the deaths of five firefighters and two Thai migrant workers after a weekend blaze at a computer equipment factory. The fire broke out on Saturday night in a plant belonging to Chin Poon Industrial Co in Taoyuan, just south of Taipei, the Central News Agency reported. It said the firefighters inside the plant lost contact with their colleagues outside and became trapped under heavy equipment. Another seven firefighters were injured in the blaze, it said.