No one reported missing in mall death blaze
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July 8, 2012, Sunday
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OFFICIALS said yesterday that no one has been reported missing in the wake of a shopping mall fire last week in north China's port city of Tianjin, as more details were revealed on the blaze, which left 10 people dead and 16 injured.
The fire engulfed the five-story Laide Shopping Mall in Jixian on the afternoon of Saturday, June 30, killing eight mall workers, a store owner and a customer.
The 10 victims were all female residents of Jixian, aged between 25 and 44, said a statement by the Tianjin municipal government's information office.
Relatives of the victims have identified their bodies, said the statement.
Of the 16 slightly injured, nine have been discharged from hospital, doctors at Jixian County People's Hospital said yesterday.
The shopping mall, covering 5,800 square meters, had 103 counters rented by more than 70 commercial tenants.
About 120 sales staff and 33 other members of staff - including cashiers, floor managers, accountants, cleaners, electricians and security guards - were present when the fire broke out, said Wang Fang, mall deputy manager.
Estimates put the number of customers in the mall at around 45.
"It was very hot that day, and there weren't many customers," Wang said.
The fifth floor, which sells underwear and bedclothes had about a dozen saleswomen and three customers when the fire broke out, said saleswoman He Li, who was injured in the blaze.
"There was a power cut at that moment, and someone called us to get out, so we ran downstairs," said He.
Wang Huiying, another injured saleswoman from the fifth floor, said about a dozen people rushed to the second floor but dense smoke from the first floor engulfed the second, so they broke windows and escape on ladders firefighters had put against the building
"Firefighters arrived and people on the third floor got out with their help before us," Wang recalled.
Li Ming, an official with the Tianjin fire department said a report of fire was received at 3:41pm, and that firefighters arrived at the scene at 3:49pm.
Firemen rescued 31 people via ladders and removed some trapped people to the flat roof on the mall.
"From 6:15pm, 10 bodies were retrieved," Li said, adding that firefighters then searched the mall in four sweeps and found no one else.
None of the victims fell to their deaths, said Li Jidong, an assistant to the director of Jixian hospital.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
The fire engulfed the five-story Laide Shopping Mall in Jixian on the afternoon of Saturday, June 30, killing eight mall workers, a store owner and a customer.
The 10 victims were all female residents of Jixian, aged between 25 and 44, said a statement by the Tianjin municipal government's information office.
Relatives of the victims have identified their bodies, said the statement.
Of the 16 slightly injured, nine have been discharged from hospital, doctors at Jixian County People's Hospital said yesterday.
The shopping mall, covering 5,800 square meters, had 103 counters rented by more than 70 commercial tenants.
About 120 sales staff and 33 other members of staff - including cashiers, floor managers, accountants, cleaners, electricians and security guards - were present when the fire broke out, said Wang Fang, mall deputy manager.
Estimates put the number of customers in the mall at around 45.
"It was very hot that day, and there weren't many customers," Wang said.
The fifth floor, which sells underwear and bedclothes had about a dozen saleswomen and three customers when the fire broke out, said saleswoman He Li, who was injured in the blaze.
"There was a power cut at that moment, and someone called us to get out, so we ran downstairs," said He.
Wang Huiying, another injured saleswoman from the fifth floor, said about a dozen people rushed to the second floor but dense smoke from the first floor engulfed the second, so they broke windows and escape on ladders firefighters had put against the building
"Firefighters arrived and people on the third floor got out with their help before us," Wang recalled.
Li Ming, an official with the Tianjin fire department said a report of fire was received at 3:41pm, and that firefighters arrived at the scene at 3:49pm.
Firemen rescued 31 people via ladders and removed some trapped people to the flat roof on the mall.
"From 6:15pm, 10 bodies were retrieved," Li said, adding that firefighters then searched the mall in four sweeps and found no one else.
None of the victims fell to their deaths, said Li Jidong, an assistant to the director of Jixian hospital.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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