'Selfish drivers' blamed for high death count in fire
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Witnesses">Witnesses</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fatal">fatal</span> <span word="blaze">blaze</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Wenling">Wenling</span> <span word="shoe">shoe</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="firefighters">firefighters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scene">scene</span> <span word="sooner">sooner</span> <span word="because">because</span> "<span word="selfish">selfish</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span>" <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clogged">clogged</span> <span word="roads">roads</span>.</p><p><span word="Sixteen">Sixteen</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="and">and</span> 17 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="flames">flames</span> <span word="swept">swept</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taizhou">Taizhou</span> <span word="Dadong">Dadong</span> <span word="Shoes">Shoes</span> <span word="Co">Co</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Yangjiawei">Yangjiawei</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="center">center</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="broke">broke</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="about">about</span> 3 <span word="pm">pm</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="storage">storage</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="crews">crews</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extinguish">extinguish</span>, <span word="Wenling">Wenling</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Haibing">Haibing</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20 <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="rescued">rescued</span>.</p><p><span word="Villagers">Villagers</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="saved">saved</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="motorists">motorists</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="blocked">blocked</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="reaching">reaching</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="factory">factory</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Rescue">Rescue</span> <span word="services">services</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="quickly">quickly</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="calls">calls</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="jam">jam</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="trucks">trucks</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="through">through</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Liang">Liang</span> <span word="Dalong">Dalong</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="three">three</span>-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="connected">connected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="intersection">intersection</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> 1.75-<span word="km">km</span> <span word="stretch">stretch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="road">road</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="wide">wide</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="vehicles">vehicles</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="hear">hear</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sirens">sirens</span> <span word="blaring">blaring</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="distance">distance</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="wouldn">wouldn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="way">way</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="Firefighters">Firefighters</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="shouting">shouting</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="shouting">shouting</span> <span word="too">too</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="listened">listened</span>.</p><p>"<span word="If">If</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="weren">weren</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="selfish">selfish</span> <span word="drivers">drivers</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="saved">saved</span>."</p><p><span word="Taxi">Taxi</span> <span word="driver">driver</span> <span word="Chen">Chen</span> <span word="Linjuan">Linjuan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="passenger">passenger</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="recalled">recalled</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> 3 <span word="km">km</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Yangjiawei">Yangjiawei</span>.</p>
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