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Arson Suspect Arrested After Fatal Factory Fire

Chinese state media reports a fire in a clothing factory in Shantou City, Guangdong, killed 14 people, from AP: The Southern Metropolis Daily said in an online report that the victims were all women aged 18-20. It said the cause of the fire was arson, according to an initial police and fire investigation. Senior provincial officials set up a team to investigate the cause of the fire and step up saf