Eleven workers were killed and 10 others injured in a fire that broke out Thursday morning in a seafood company in the coastal city of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province.

The fire occurred at 1:40 a.m. in a dormitory of the Qingdao Jiayuan Michael Food Co., Ltd. in the Chengyang District, said an official with the Qingdao Public Security Bureau.

The injured have been taken to hospital.

Two firemen inspect the site of a fire in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 4, 2008. [Xinhua]

"We are doing what we can to help the patients," said Ji Yufeng, a doctor in charge of the burn unit at the Chengyang District People's Hospital."They suffered slight burns and are in stable conditions. They can be released in about two weeks."

Li Jiaxing, one of the injured, from Yishui County, said "I was still awake in bed when I heard someone cry out 'fire!' Then I rushed out immediately." She said she was hurt by burning foam.

Another injured worker, Qin Yongmeng, 19, said he also heard someone cry out and then rushed to the corridor. "Everywhere was on fire. I fumbled to open a window and jumped out." His hands were scalded by the burning window frames.

Qin said there were about 15 people in his room. He woke some roommates up as he was escaping, but he had no idea what happened to the others.