BEIJING: A factory fire has killed 19 people in east China, local authorities said Monday, in the latest deadly incident to hit the country´s industrial sector.The fire broke out on Sunday at a factory in Ninghai county, eastern Zhejiang province, said the local government on its official Twitter-like Weibo account.The incident, which is under investigation, occurred at a facility owned by the Ruiqi Daily Necessities Company.Among eight people rescued from the fire, three were injured and sent to hospital for medical treatment, said Ninghai authorities.It made for a deadly weekend in China ahead of the communist-led country´s 70th-anniversary celebrations on Tuesday.A packed bus collided with a truck in eastern Jiangsu province on Saturday, killing 36 people.Industrial accidents are common in China, where safety regulations are often poorly enforced.In March, a blast at a chemical plant in eastern Jiangsu province killed 78 people and injured hundreds.Four months later in July, a huge explosion left 15 dead at a gas plant in central China.Last November, a truck carrying combustible chemicals exploded at the entrance of a chemical factory in Zhangjiakou, a northern Chinese city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.
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