Factory owners in custody over deadly E China fire

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Firefighters work with local residents to rescue the workers trapped in a factory fire in Wenling city, East China's Zhejiang province, on Jan 14, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

Firefighters work with local residents to rescue the workers trapped in a factory fire in Wenling city, East China's Zhejiang province, on Jan 14, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

The owners of a shoe factory in east China's Zhejiang Province have been taken into police custody over a deadly factory fire, which killed 16 people and injured five others, police said on Wednesday.

Lin Jianfeng is the legal representative and Lin Zhenjian is the shareholder of Taizhou Dadong Shoes Co., Ltd.

The fire broke out at 2:52 p.m. Tuesday at the shoe factory in the northern part of Wenling City and burned an area of more than 800 square meters, local authorities said.

The fire was put out at 5:40 p.m. and more than 20 people had been rescued as of 7 p.m.

Verification of the victims' identities is under way, according to the publicity department.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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