BEIJING: Authorities have arrested two executives at a factory in connection with China’s deadliest blaze in over a decade, local officials said on Thursday, after reports that locked doors prevented workers from escaping.
The fire, which engulfed a poultry plant in northeastern China on Monday, killed 120 and injured at least 70, stirring anger at factory bosses who a report said had locked doors to stop workers from taking breaks.
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