BEIJING: Investigators said sparks from welding work appeared to have been the cause of a fire that killed 38 people at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China's Henan province.

Two other people were injured in the blaze that tore through the building in the city of Anyang starting at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday. It took firefighters about three-and-a-half hours to bring the flames under control, the Wenfang district government said.

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