Poultry Plant In Deadly Fire Won Plaudits From Chinese

Deadly Poultry Farm Once Praised By Chinese Officials
A victim of the fire at the Baoyuanfeng poultry plant lies on a hospital bed in Dehui, in northeast China's Jilin province, early on June 4, 2013. A senior official at the poultry processing firm in China has been detained over the plant fire that killed 120 people -- the country's deadliest blaze in 12 years -- a local official said on June 4. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO TOPSHOTS (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
A victim of the fire at the Baoyuanfeng poultry plant lies on a hospital bed in Dehui, in northeast China's Jilin province, early on June 4, 2013. A senior official at the poultry processing firm in China has been detained over the plant fire that killed 120 people -- the country's deadliest blaze in 12 years -- a local official said on June 4. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO TOPSHOTS (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

A local Communist Party official called it an “inspiring” factory three years ago. Local officials later gave it the “leading enterprise” label for its innovation in processing chickens. But the official homages to the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant, where at least 120 people died this week in a fast-moving fire, now serve as little more than stark reminders of the blind eyes turned to the dangerous conditions facing many workers in China.

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