Families of those who died in an underwear factory fire in Shantou, Guangdong province, have each been given 370,000 yuan ($59,400) in compensation, local authorities said.

The blaze on Dec 4 killed 14 people, mainly migrant workers younger than 20, and seriously injured a 17-year-old woman.

Huang Lifeng, assistant district head of Chaonan in Shantou, said a suspect, Liu Shuangyun, 26, a migrant worker from Hunan province who is suspected of starting the fire because of delayed payment of 500 yuan in wages, has been transferred to the local procuratorate for judicial investigation.