Many trapped in China poultry plant fire, 119 dead

By Christopher Bodeen

Published June 3, 2013 4:00am ET

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Many trapped in China poultry plant fire, 119 dead — Firefighters and medical staff prepare to remove body bags that appears to contain the bodies of those killed by a fire at a poultry processing plant in northeast China's Jilin province's Mishazi township on Monday, June 3, 2013. The massive fire broke out at the poultry plant early Monday, trapping workers inside a cluttered slaughterhouse and killing over a hundred people, reports and officials said. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT | AP

BEIJING (AP) — Fire swept through a poultry processing plant in northeastern China on Monday, trapping workers inside a slaughterhouse with only a single open exit and killing at least 119 people in one of the country’s worst industrial disasters in years.

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