Brigade blamed over fatal fire

THE Shenzhen Fire Department should be held partly responsible for the fatal Guangdong toy factory fire on Friday because of its failure to enforce safety regulations, the city's vice-mayor, Li Guangzhen, said yesterday.

Mr Li met a delegation from the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and stressed that the department had asked the Zhili Handicrafts Factory not to lock its doors and windows but the request had been ignored for security reasons.

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