Company meeting room arson suspect succumbs
Source: Xinhua |
August 31, 2012, Friday
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A WOMAN who allegedly set a fatal fire three days ago died yesterday morning from injuries sustained after she jumped out of a sixth-floor window in central China's Hunan Province, the local government said.
Shi Yanfei, who is suspected of setting a fire in her employer's meeting room before jumping out of one of the room's windows on Monday morning in the city of Shaoyang, died at 8am yesterday after suffering brain damage and severe burns, a city government spokesman said.
The incident happened around 10am on Monday, when Shi, a retired employee at a local tap water firm, rushed into a meeting room where company heads were gathered, spilling gasoline in the room and igniting it before jumping out of a window.
One general manager and two vice general managers were killed, while three other officials were injured. The injured are still undergoing treatment, although their injuries are not life-threatening, according to the spokesman.
An initial investigation indicated that Shi set the fire because the firm refused to employ one of her children.
Although it was once commonplace for children to replace their parents in state-owned companies following their parents' retirement, intense job competition and market economics have put a dent in the tradition.
Shi Yanfei, who is suspected of setting a fire in her employer's meeting room before jumping out of one of the room's windows on Monday morning in the city of Shaoyang, died at 8am yesterday after suffering brain damage and severe burns, a city government spokesman said.
The incident happened around 10am on Monday, when Shi, a retired employee at a local tap water firm, rushed into a meeting room where company heads were gathered, spilling gasoline in the room and igniting it before jumping out of a window.
One general manager and two vice general managers were killed, while three other officials were injured. The injured are still undergoing treatment, although their injuries are not life-threatening, according to the spokesman.
An initial investigation indicated that Shi set the fire because the firm refused to employ one of her children.
Although it was once commonplace for children to replace their parents in state-owned companies following their parents' retirement, intense job competition and market economics have put a dent in the tradition.
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