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A car is seen turned upside down on Monday in the Foxconn plant in Taiyuan after rioting. [China News Service]

Some 40 people were injured in a fight that broke out among workers at a Foxconn plant in the northern city of Taiyuan late Sunday, police said.

The fight started at 11 p.m. Sunday in the dormitory of the Foxconn Technology Group plant, drawing a large crowd of spectators and triggering chaos, according to a spokesman from the city's public security bureau.

Workers at the factory said that the clashes erupted after the plant's security staff beat up a worker.

The company, which is a major Apple supplier and that has recently been shrouded in controversy over its working conditions, said that the incidents were not work related.

On Monday, workers said that the factory did not resume production that day, and that they did not know when they would work again.

Three workers were in serious condition after the incidents, while most of the other workers were only slightly injured, according to the initial investigation from the city's public security bureau.

Taiwan’s Foxconn, which is also the world’s largest electronics manufacturing company, said that a personal dispute between employees escalated into a more serious incident .

Taiyuan's public security bureau said that the incident involved 2,000 workers and attracted more than 10,000 local people, who went to the facilities to watch the fighting, and that it triggered chaos in the area surrounding the plant.

About 5,000 police officers were sent to the scene, and had the incident under control at 9 am on Monday.

"According to the police, a number of individuals were arrested," Foxconn spokesman Louis Woo said on Monday.

"We are working closely with the police in this process, but it appears not to have been work related," Woo said.

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