At least 119 die in poultry plant fire in China
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
BEIJING -- Fire swept through a poultry processing plant in northeastern China on Monday, trapping workers inside a slaughterhouse with only one open exit and killing at least 119 people in one of the country's worst industrial disasters in years.
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