Authorities prepare to enter factory after fire
Authorities have entered a factory in northeastern China's Zhejiang province where smoke had started spreading and started to make a huge hole in the roof of the factory which caught fire early Wednesday morning.
The blaze started at around 8:30 a.m. near the Xinshenjiang factory in Shenzhen, and it was unclear why it spread so quickly. The fire burned to a minimum of 8,000 square meters, though there could be as many as 21,000 people inside. The smoke was thick enough to have made the factory appear as if it were 100 years old.
The fire damaged two buildings on the production line and caused smoke to enter surrounding residential areas, police said. There were also reports of smoke coming from the factory's main air-conditioning unit, and some people were seen standing in the street with masks over their eyes.
In a statement, the city's fire department said that an evacuation order was in place. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the fire, though fires have been a common occurrence at factories in China.
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Smoke from a factory fire at the Xinshenjiang factory, in Shenzhen, China, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Chen He), AP file
After the fire took hold, the firefighting team could be seen walking the streets of the factory, one of those firefighters being escorted by police officers. Two people were rescued from the scene and are being treated for minor injuries in intensive care.
Police later said that a total of 50 people had been hospitalized for minor injuries, including 12 children. One person was also reported dead at the factory.
One woman was seen by a reporter from a Chinese newspaper saying she was among those who were rescued from the factory. She told authorities she was in the factory when the fire started and saw it burn.
Two people survived the blaze, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, which cited the head of the fire department, Liu Gao.
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Nazi gold train, which left Austria's main train station in Wuppertal for Hamburg and was later hijacked by Islamists. The train was used as a training platform and was set ablaze in February when Islamist terrorists killed 27 people.
It is also believed that over 120 Germans left the country on the same train that attacked the station and was hijacked by extremists, and that at least five others have been charged in connection to the terror attacks.
But it also appears that at least 12 people died after the terror attack in a truck and van. The identities of those killed were not immediately released to police following the attack.
Authorities have issued alerts that there are at least 30 fatalities and dozens more missing, citing the incident. Two police sources told the BBC their initial estimates were around 50 people have died in the incident.
The attacks are also the latest in a series of terror attacks in Germany. An explosion hit a music festival in the Westfalenplatz district of Dresden, killing 13 people and wounding more than 100.
'Incidents of hate'
President Gauck, speaking after the attack, confirmed that the country would soon have a national elections.
"All the members of the ruling coalition are aware of the terrorist attacks today in Germany," he said in an address to parliament.
"What we need, more than ever before, is unity in an open and democratic society," he added.
The violence is being followed by further incidents of anti-Muslim attacks in the country - with police reportedly hunting for the alleged accomplice of the man responsible.
A group of people who are believed to be refugees, reportedly from Afghanistan and Pakistan, have since attacked an anti-Islam film screening in Dresden and another in Ansbach, the city of Westfalenplatz.
Image copyright EPA Image caption The alleged accomplice of the man responsible was arrested over the Wuppertal truck bombing
A 19-year-old asylum seeker who reportedly became involved in the attacks was detained last month in the small town of Schwanstein.
Germany has received many refugees over the past five years and more are set to arrive this year.