12 Chinese workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze

12 Chinese workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze
by Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) Oct 10, 2012

Twelve Chinese construction workers were killed and 24 injured in a fire at their dormitory early Wednesday, state media reported.

The blaze broke out at a water-diversion project in Zhouzhi county in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, Xinhua news agency quoted a statement from local authorities as saying.

It said two of the injured had been discharged from hospital while the others were still undergoing treatment. The workers are employed by a tunnel engineering subsidiary of China Railway 18th Bureau Group.

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