Fire kills at least 28 at shoe factory in China's global athletic footwear manufacturing hub
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A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday killed at least 28 people, state media said, with more than 500 fire and rescue personnel racing against time to extinguish the blaze.
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