Mexico Fire Kills 6 in Store Without Fire Detectors
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Labor Department says there were no fire detectors at a department store where a blaze killed six women.
The federal agency says in a statement that investigators found the Coppel store in the northwestern city of Culiacan also lacked emergency exit signs -- and it is still trying to determine if there were even emergency exits.
A Tuesday night fire killed six young female employees who were carrying out an inventory. The women had used cell phones to call the fire department and relatives, begging for help.
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The company has denied allegations that the women were locked in the building. They were on the second floor and the blaze broke out below them.
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