A fire that broke out at an unnamed textile factory in southern China on Sunday killed eight people and injured one, state media reported this week. The two-story building in the city of Foshan, in Guangdong Province’s Shunde District, was used for denim washing and related production, according to reports.

The cause of the fire, which firefighters extinguished in just over an hour, is still under investigation, Xinhua News Agency said. A total of 63 people at the scene and in surrounding areas were rescued or evacuated, according to China Central Television, which identified the site as the Changxing Industrial Park in Jun’an Township. The flames did not spread beyond the site, it said.

The Foshan blaze came amid two separate Sept. 20 incidents at garment factories in Ashulia in Bangladesh: a deadly gas-cylinder explosion and fire at the compound of Pretty Composite Textile Limited that killed at least nine workers and injured 35 others, and a smaller fire at Fahami Group Industry that triggered a stampede, killing one worker and injuring more than 100 others.

It also recalls a fire at Fujian Huiteng Shoes in southeastern China in July that killed 28 people, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a swift investigation into the fire’s cause and for “those responsible” to be held accountable. In the immediate aftermath, Chinese authorities froze the company’s bank accounts and detained the factory owner and several managers pending the outcome of the safety investigation.

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