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TAPE_NUMBER: EF99/1176 IN_TIME: 12:08:05 - 15:13:33 // 18:47:02 - 19:18:12 - 20:00:2 LENGTH: 01:46 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: Natural Sound An explosion at an unlicensed lighter factory in the West Bank set off a raging fire on Thursday The blaze killed 14 Palestinian workers and injuring dozens of rescuers who were overcome by smoke inhalation The factory was located inside an apartment building in Hebron An explosion early on Thursday sparked a fire that burned out of control for more than two hours at the unlicensed lighter factory in Hebron After about an hour, two Israeli army fire trucks stationed at the nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba also arrived, and Israelis and Palestinians worked side-by-side to put out the flames The flames and thick smoke prevented rescuers from reaching those trapped inside Fourteen Palestinians perished in the blaze Once the flames died down, the charred bodies of factory employees were retrieved from the building The factory, which produced cigarette lighters on the ground floor of a three-storey apartment building, did not have a license It was located in a densely populated neighbourhood of the city of 130-thousand Palestinians and 5-hundred Jewish settlers The site of the explosion is in the Palestinian controlled part of the city SHOTLIST: XFA Hebron, West Bank - October 21, 1999 1 Various of flames and thick smoke billowing out of factory windows 2 Two men struggle with water hose 3 Survivor being carried out and laid on stretcher 4 Various of bulldozer ramming burning building 5 Israeli fire trucks arriving at scene 6 Various of Israeli and Palestinian fire officers talking in group 7 Various of officers fighting fire 8 Wide of scene with ambulances in foreground 9 Various of Israeli medics treating wounded Palestinian 10 Women screaming 11 Wide of emergency service workers surrounding another person who is carried out building 12 Wide of scene, fire truck drives away with siren ?