ITALIAN GOVERNMENTS SHOULD FIND MORE SAFETY CHECKS FOLLOWING TUSCANY FACTORY FIRE SAY LOCAL OFFICIALS
November 3rd, 2013
Local authorities in the Tuscany city of Prato have called on the Italian government to help finance more safety checks on local Chinese-run clothing and textile factories following Sunday’s deadly factory fire. It killed seven Chinese workers and seriously injured two.The fire, which officials suspect was likely set off by an electric heater, has raised concerns over weak enforcement of safety standards in Prato. And there are concerns that other Chinese-run businesses present the same conditions as at the destroyed factory, on factory on the Macrolotto ...
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