A fire broke out
in a flooring factory in Pujiang
Town of Minhang District this morning
but no casualties were reported,
according to local news website
Xinmin.cn.
One factory house
was burned down in the blaze
and dark smokes billowed from the
burned houses near Tangpu
Road.
The factory makes wood
furniture and flooring materials and
has large stocks of wood and
paint, which are highly combustible
and are the reason why the fire
spread quickly.
Witnesses said
the factory was just put into
operation and no workers lived in
the compound.
Minhang police
said fire trucks arrived at the
scene immediately and the fire was
put out at about 7am one hour
after it started.
No one
was found injured in the fire
and the cause of the accident
is still under investigation.
