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18 killed in Shandong factory fire

China.org.cn, November 17, 2014

• At least 18 people have died after a food company caught fire on Sunday evening in east China's Shandong Province, said local authorities on Monday.

  The scene in a vegetable packaging plant following a fire in Shouguang in east China's Shandong province. The fire on Sunday evening has left at least 18 people dead and 13 others injured. [Photo: weibo.com/CCTV News]

  The fire broke out at 7 p.m. Sunday at a carrot packaging workshop of Longyuan Food Co., Ltd in Shouguang City, a town known for its greenstuff. It was put out at around 9:30 p.m..

  Thirteen injured people are being treated in hospital.

  The managers of the company have been put under police control. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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