A Clothing Factory In Beijing Raised Fire &Nbsp; 17 Migrant Workers Died 24 People Injured.

A fire broke out in the old town of Daxing District, Beijing yesterday morning, killing 17 people and injuring 24 people. It is the highest number of casualties in Beijing in recent years.

According to Chang Hongyan, vice mayor of Daxing District, Beijing, the building where the fire broke out was the illegal building of the local residents. Later, it was illegally leased to a garment processing point without industrial and commercial attestation. The fire burned area of more than 300 square meters, is a major casualty fire.

Chang Hongyan said that the cause of the accident is being further investigated, and the fire and criminal investigators have been sampled at the scene. After the technical appraisal, it can be further determined that "it is human or accidental", but "now it is suspected that it is related to the circuit".

China News Agency and other media reported that the owner of the four storey building in the fire was a resident surnamed Zhang of Nan Xiao street in the old palace town. The first floor of the building is clothing Workshop, the two floor is for the boss to live and work place, the three or four level is the worker's dormitory. At the time of the incident, the shutter door at the entrance and exit of the building was locked, and the people in the building were all asleep. All the windows of the building from one to four levels were installed with burglar nets outdoors, which made it difficult for the trapped people to escape.

Owner and workshop owner

Will be held accountable

The owner of the building and the owner of the clothing shop who were injured in the fire have been controlled by the police. The judiciary will take responsibility for these two people.

This family Clothing workshop From a couple of Chongqing, there are more than ten workers. industrial and commercial registration register in Administration for Industry and Commerce It belongs to illegal operation. The fire caused nine men and eight women to die, 24 people were injured, and all the casualties were from Beijing.

The Beijing Evening News quoted a man living opposite the building yesterday, saying that the four storey building on fire had people living on each floor, and the fire started from a clothing workshop. At the time of the incident, a rolling shutter door was locked, and he heard the sound of "crackling" from inside. Looking at the hole in the rolling door, he found that the workshop was full of fire. In desperation, he quickly kicked several roller shutters with his feet, trying to wake the people inside. But because the dormitory area was far behind the rolling door, the sleeping people did not hear the door. The man immediately called the police.

The official dispatched 200 fire officers and 27 fire engines to the scene. Firemen forced the shutter doors to start the fire fighting, and extinguished the fire in about 40 minutes.

Liu Qi, member of the CPC Politburo and Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee, and mayor Guo Jinlong also rushed to the scene of the fire yesterday, demanding rescue of the wounded and doing a good job in the aftermath to find out the cause of the accident. The Beijing municipal government yesterday decided to organize a special investigation team by security supervision, public security, fire prevention and supervision departments to investigate.

It is understood that due to the huge profits of rental, Beijing illegal building, illegal rental phenomenon is very common, many outsiders in small rental housing for cooking and heating, and these places are often the corner of official management, fire hazards are very large.