State Council to oversee probe into fatal fire in east China’s Fujian

BEIJING, July 11– The Office of the Work Safety Commission under China’s State Council has decided that it will oversee the investigation into a major fire that killed 28 people in Jinjiang City in Quanzhou, east China’s Fujian Province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Saturday.

A shoe factory in Chendai Township, Jinjiang, caught fire on Thursday, leaving 28 people dead.