Chinese textile factory fire kills eight

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Public records link the site to the Better Cotton Initiative, ZDHC and OCS/GRS certification data, but not to materials involved in the fire

FOSHAN – Eight people have been killed and one injured in a fire at a textile factory in Foshan, China.

Facility location records, supplier data records and Chinese media reports link the site to Foshan Shunde Xibulang Textile Industry and/or Foshan City Shunde Seborn Textile Industry.

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