One dead in Xinjiang steel plant fire
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One person was killed and one is missing after a steel plant caught fire in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at noon on Thursday.
![The fire starts at 12:30 p.m. at Bayi Iron and Steel Co. in the northwest Chinese city of Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang on August 27, 2015. [Photo: weibo.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20150828/7427ea210acc1749f96705.jpg "The fire starts at 12:30 p.m. at Bayi Iron and Steel Co. in the northwest Chinese city of Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang on August 27, 2015. [Photo: weibo.com]") |
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The fire starts at 12:30 p.m. at Bayi Iron and Steel Co. in the northwest Chinese city of Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang on August 27, 2015. [Photo: weibo.com] |
The fire broke out at 12:30 p.m. during an overhaul operation at Bayi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd in Urumqi, the regional capital.
Bayi Iron and Steel is a subsidiary of Shanghai-based Baosteel Group.
The fire was put out one hour later.
The cause is being investigated.
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