Casualties reported after shoe factory fire in China's Fujian, state media says

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BEIJING, July 9 (Reuters) - A fire at a shoe factory in southeastern China ​left casualties on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV ‌reported, as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze and rescue people trapped inside.

The fire broke ​out at around noon (0400 GMT) on ​Thursday in the city of Jinjiang in ⁠Fujian province, with some people trapped ​on the rooftop, CCTV said. It was not ​immediately clear how many have been killed or injured.

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The firefighting effort was still underway, although open ​flames had largely been extinguished by about ​5:40 p.m. (0940 GMT), a local firefighting official told CCTV. ‌Fire ⁠and rescue teams dispatched 183 people and 35 vehicles to the site.

Flames could be seen raging through the multi-storey factory ​building with thick ​black ⁠smoke rising, videos released by CCTV showed. Multiple people, likely trapped ​by the fire, could be seen ​on ⁠the rooftop as smoke billowed around them.

Preliminary findings indicate the fire started on the ⁠ground ​floor of the factory, ​a local official told CCTV.

Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by ​Sharon Singleton, Ryan Woo and Ros Russell

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