Girls Dying In Underwear Factory

At 15:30 on December 4th, a fire broke out in a bra shop in Chaonan District, Shantou, Guangdong. 14 girls were killed in half an hour. P

There is a rumor that it is because the workshop is in arrears with wages that angers a worker to close the door and arson.

Police investigation, the fire has been tentatively identified as arson, the suspect has been arrested.

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< p > as early as April 15th this year, it was also in Chaonan District, Shantou. 3 people were killed and 6 injured (1 of them were seriously injured) in an underwear factory fire.

Or in Chaonan District of Shantou, on 2009 05, 21, a underwear factory fire, 13 people were killed, 4 seriously injured, 28 people were rescued.

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< p > the cause of fire is different, but most of the deaths are caused by the lack of factory escape passageways and blocking up, and the training of women workers who escape without basic fire. In addition, there are many flammable substances such as sponges in the underwear factories. After burning, they produce highly toxic smoke and suffocate.

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< p > accident handling also has circulation with Chinese characteristics: accident occurrence - media exposure - leader instruction - official presence - cause identification - rectification everywhere - blocking factory - two years - again...

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Less than 101 years ago, on the other side of the ocean, in March 26, 1911, 141 people were killed in the triangle underwear factory fire in New York, USA. At least 125 girls were killed by burning or jumping down the sidewalk on the sidewalk.

The fire awakened the conscience of New York and shook the whole nation, triggering a series of social reforms and changing the US.

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The events of the P triangle factory were later written into American high school history textbooks, becoming part of the modern mainstream values of the United States: the value of life is greater than wealth.

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< p > < strong > 2012 05 months: Guangdong Foshan underwear factory fire boss brother and sister killed < /strong > < /p >

< p > May 16th at around 4 a.m., a fire broke out at Yanbu underwear factory in Nanhai, Foshan.

The 41 year old factory owner, Xiam and his more than 20 year old sister, were trapped in an attempt to save the fire.

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< p > < strong > April 2012: 3 people died in an underwear factory in Chaonan District, Shantou. < /strong > < /p >

At 1:55 a.m. on April 15, 2012, a fire accident occurred in an underwear processing household workshop in Sima Town, Chaonan District, Shantou. 3 people were killed and 6 were injured (1 of them were seriously injured).

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< p > < strong > 2009 08 months: 5 victims of the underwear factory fire in Shenzhen Guangming New District < /strong > < /p >

About 2:25 p.m. on August 29th P, there was a fire in the workshop on the 4 floor of Virginia C factory in Guangming New District.

After firefighting department's all-out rescue, the blaze was extinguished at 4 p.m. and 05 PM.

But when workers cleaned the scene, 1 people died, 4 were injured, and then the injured were sent to the Gongming hospital for rescue, but the injury was too heavy and 4 people died.

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< p > < strong > May 2009: 13 victims of underwear fire in Chaoyang District of Shantou province < /strong > < /p >

< p > 2009, 05, 21, a fire broke out in an underwear factory in the Valley Rao town of Chaoyang District, Shantou. 13 people were killed and 4 seriously injured.

The fire broke out on the first floor of the factory. A large number of women workers were trapped in the dormitory on the 4 floor. There was only one evacuation staircase in the fire building. All the windows of the building were sealed by stainless steel pipes.

Once the first floor is on fire, trapped personnel will not escape.

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< p > < strong > January 2007: 7 people died in Shenzhen Gongming Street underwear factory fire. < /strong > < /p >

< p > 2007 01, 22, a fire broke out at Yixing village, Yixing village, Gongming street, Baoan, Shenzhen. 7 people were killed and 4 were rescued.

Mainly produces women's underwear.

The police confirmed that the Department was an arson case and the arson suspect had been arrested.

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< p > a large number of sponge materials are stacked around the fire point.

Once the sponge was ignited, there was a rapid combustion. The fire was big, the smoke was heavy and poisonous. In a short time, the only escape staircase was blocked, and the windows of the two buildings were all sealed by the anti-theft net.

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< p > < strong > October 2006: 6 victims of fire in Chaoyang District of Shantou City < /strong > < /p >

< p > noon on October 16th, a fire accident occurred in an underwear processing workshop in the Valley Rao town of Chaoyang District, Shantou. Three of the owners of the workshop were burned to death, and another 3 women workers were choked to death by thick smoke.

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< p > the underwear workshop with fire is a five storey Street building, the first floor and the second floor are the underwear production workshop.

According to the police, the fire workshop is a typical "three in one" workshop for production, living and accommodation, and the building is also firmly sealed by the security net.

(Comprehensive Xinhua net, Zhong Xin Wang, Nanfang Daily, Yangcheng Evening News and other media reports) < /p >