2 Dead And 3 Injured In A Fire At Guangdong Huidong Shoes Workshop

In the early morning of yesterday, a fire broke out in a shoe factory in Huangbu Town, Huidong County, killing two people and injuring three (injured by jumping off a building to escape). The injured have now been sent to hospital for treatment. After receiving the report, Huang Yebin, Secretary of Huizhou Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Standing Committee of Huizhou Municipal People's Congress, Li Ruqiu, Deputy Secretary of Huizhou Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Li Voter and Yang Canpei, Vice mayors, immediately requested that all efforts should be made to deal with the aftermath, rescue the wounded, carry out a major inspection of work safety, and ensure social security and stability. After the fire broke out, Huidong County Fire Brigade and Jilong Fire Squadron immediately dispatched four fire trucks to the scene to carry out the fire fighting work, and put out the fire at about 5:46 a.m. The main persons in charge of the Municipal Public Security Fire Bureau, the Municipal Safety Supervision Bureau, Huidong County Party Committee and the County Government rushed to the scene to command the fire fighting and rescue of the wounded, and do a good job in the aftermath of the dead and fire investigation and handling. The county immediately held an accident site meeting at 10:00 am that day to deploy the special rectification work of safety production in the county, and formed four working groups, led by a county leader, to immediately conduct a comprehensive inspection and rectification of various enterprises and public gathering places in the county. At present, the cause of the fire is under investigation.