The invention concerns a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and
garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns
have 25 to 80 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a
polymer or copolymer derived from a monomer selected from the group
consisting of 4,4 'diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3'diaminodiphenyl sulfone,
and mixtures thereof; and 20 to 75 parts by weight of a modacrylic fiber,
based on 100 parts by weight of the polymeric fiber and the modacrylic
fiber in the yarn.