38 Died In The Fire Of China's Garmen Factory, 4 People Detained

Illustration of firefighters to extinguish the fire. (Pixabay)

JAKARTA - Four people have been detained in connection with a garment factory fire in China's Henan Province, which killed 38 people and injured two others. They are suspected of being responsible for the incident and have been thrown into a detention cell by the Anyang City police, Henan Province, according to local media reports, Wednesday, November 23. The knitted clothing factory fire broke out last Monday. According to the waste processing team at the factory, the fire was caused by illegal electrical welding activity. An eyewitness saw black smoke from the east of his place of business not far from the location of the fire. It wasn't long before it smelled charred, said an eye witness who owned a shop around the factory. The fire brigade team arrived at the scene at 20.00 local time (19.00 WIB). The fire was extinguished only in total about three hours after local authorities deployed 63 fire trucks and 240 personnel to the scene. The results of an interim investigation conducted by local officials revealed that the fire came from welding in the factory's first floor warehouse. A spark grabbed a cloth so that it triggered a large fire that engulfed the factory and its contents. "This incident has claimed a very large human life. This must be a valuable lesson," said Mayor Anyang Gao Yong.