last Thursday,  there was a  big fire in a big shop in our city. At 8:16 that morning,【小题1】 the employees were working  busily in the 4-storeyed building, heavy smoke was seen 【小题2】 (come) out of the windows on the second floor. The fire lasted nearly an hour, and the majority of the 345 employees managed 【小题3】 (escape) from the fire. Unfortunately, 7were killed, and 23 injured, lightly or seriously.

Some workers 【小题4】 (complain) that aids came too late, 【小题5】 the firemen did come just 10 minutes after the fire was reported. To rescue everyone from the burning and smoking building in such a short time was too difficult. The only two exits of the big building were not enough for so many people to withdraw in【小题6】hurry.

The reason of the fire, according to an investigator, was 【小题7】 someone broke the non-smoking rule in the factory, because some cigarette  ends 【小题8】  (find). Next two weeks, 15 inspection teams will be working in all the factories 【小题9】 turn, aiming to clear away the possibility of more fires. 【小题10】(hope), no disasters like this will happen again.

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