From Xinhua:
Six people were confirmed dead and six others injured in a shoe workshop fire in south China’s Guangdong Province early Friday, the local government said on Saturday.
The fire broke out at 3:00 a.m.in the shoe workshop in Huangbu Town, Huidong County when 13 workers were sleeping in the four-story building. The blaze was put out at 5:46 a.m.. The blaze spread over 200 square meters of floor space.
Initial investigation showed that the building was used as workshop, dormitory and staff canteen at the same time, violating safety rules. Local workplace safety department had asked the workshop boss to move the workers out of the building in April.
