The fire at the Huiteng shoe factory resulted in the deaths of at least 28 [internal] migrant workers. Many of the victims had stayed during their lunch break to earn extra income under the company's piece-rate pay system. Victims were trapped by massive piles of flammable materials that blocked exit routes. Following the incident, Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a thorough investigation, and local authorities detained the person in charge and froze the firm's financial accounts.