A woman who escaped the fire prays for her colleagues occurred in a slaughterhouse owned by the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi Township of Dehui City, northeast China's Jilin Province, June 3, 2013. . Provided to China Daily |
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