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A fire at a leather factory kills 15 and injures 12 in Pingyang Country, east China's Zhejiang Province July 28, 2004. When the fire broke out at about 7:35pm Wednesday evening, more than 40 workers were still working at the Wenzhou Huihuang Leather Products Co Ltd. The fire was extinguished at about 3:00am Thursday morning. It is reported that the injured are in stable conditions and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Firefighters work at the site after the fire was extinguished.
An injured worker gets treatment at a local hospital.
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