China poultry plant fire News

China: Company Bears ‘Unshirkable Responsibility’ for Deadly Poultry Plant Blaze

Safety management at the Chinese firm whose poultry slaughterhouse caught fire earlier this week killing 120 people was a “total mess” and two senior executives have been detained by the authorities, state media said on Thursday. The local government is …

China Poultry Plant Workers Didn’t Question Locked Doors

Workers at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeastern China where 119 people died in a fire this week saw nothing odd in the plant’s doors being locked, even after a previous fire at the 4-year-old facility. One 36-year-old worker, who gave …

China Orders Probe Into Deadliest Plant Fire Since 2000

China’s President Xi Jinping ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire at a poultry plant in northeastern China that killed at least 119 people, the nation’s deadliest blaze in 13 years. Xi and Premier Li Keqiang asked the …