Fire at Apple supplier near Shanghai kills eight including two firefighters


Eight people, including two firefighters, died after a fire on Thursday at a subsidiary factory of Taiwanese electronic manufacturer Casetek Group, a supplier of US tech giant Apple, in the outskirts of Shanghai.

The fire broke out at 1:30pm on Thursday at the plant. It raged until Friday morning, trapping two firefighters and six civilians, according to a statement from the district government on Friday.

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