Monday, February 9, 2009

Factory fire kills 2 boys in China

SHENZHEN, Guangdong province, Feb. 6 (Chinese media) -- Two

4-year-oldboys were killed in a plant fire Friday in south China's Shenzhen

City, local authorities said.

The fire started at 3:44 on the roof of a three-story

building of Liheng Packing Factory in Longgang District. Six square-meters of

sundries placed on the roof were destroyed, according to the spokesman of

Shenzhen government.

Fire-fighters extinguished the fire within several

minutes and discovered bodies of the two boys in the debris. Initial

investigations showed the children played with fire and caused the accident, he

said.

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