Factory fire kills at least 28 in China's 'shoe capital', state media reports

What we know

Footage shows huge flames rising from a building and thick, black smoke rising into the sky

Why this counts

What makes this worth tracking, according to BBC, is the chain of decisions it may trigger.

What precedes this

What precedes factory fire kills at least 28 in china's 'shoe capital', state media reports, according to BBC, is a sequence of decisions that narrowed the range of possible outcomes.

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of factory, fire, kills, least, china: Footage shows huge flames rising from a building and thick, black smoke rising into the sky.