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Furniture factory fire leaves 3 dead, 3 injured in Chongqing

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-10-31 21:44

CHONGQING: A fire at a furniture factory in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality left three workers dead and three others injured Saturday, local authorities said.

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The fire started at about 4 p.m. at the factory that produces sofa in northern part of the city, when about 10 people were working in the main workshop, a spokesman with the Chongqing fire-prevention authorities said.

More than 50 firemen and seven fire engines were dispatched to quench the blaze, which was put out an hour and a half later, the spokesman said.

Some residents living nearby were temporarily evacuated, he said.

The workshop, with a floor space of about 300 square meters, were destroyed in the fire, he said.

The injured workers are being treated at a local hospital, he said.

Local work safety authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, he added.