Nine female workers were killed and another was slightly injured from an underclothing workshop fire in Shenyang, capital of the northeastern Liaoning Province on Saturday morning.

 

The fire broke out at around 3:30 on Saturday at the Shenyang Shuanglu underclothing factory at the Qianmojiapu Village when 13 workers were sleeping in the dormitory of the factory. Three escaped, according to local police.

 

The factory is a two-story building with a total area of 300 square meters. The ground floor building is a workshop and the second floor is used as employee dormitory.

 

The victims are from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jilin Province and the cities of Dandong, Xinbin and Lingyuan in Liaoning. By 5 PM Saturday, relatives of six victims had arrived at the village to deal with the aftermath of the fire.

 

The fire has been put our and investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 17, 2006)