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The plant in northeast China's Jilin province was still burning as of noon local time, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing local sources.
WSJ: Poultry-Plant Fire in China Kills at Least 112 People
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Parents are being reminded to take more responsibility for their children's safety after five boys, aged 4 to 5 years, suffocated while burning straw in a barn in Guizhou province on Monday night, China Daily says.
BBC: China media: Hacking denial
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Even through self-immolations took place in medieval China and 20th-century Vietnam, even though the Lotus Sutra praises "burning for Buddha" as the supreme self-sacrifice, Buddhists are very reluctant to condone violence.
CNN: The politics of Tibetan self-immolations