Cuba regrets human and material losses to fire in China

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 23 (ACN) President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez and foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla offered their condolences today to the Chinese people and government for the fire in the province of Henan that left 38 dead and two injured.
 
According to local authorities, the preliminary investigation established that the tragedy—occurred on Monday afternoon at a factory in the city of Anyang, in central China—was caused by the mishandling of an electric welder that let loose sparks that ignited bales of cotton fabric stored in the building. 

State reports have it that it took firefighters almost eight hours to put out the fire, which killed or injured employees who were making winter garments on the top floor of the building.