This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics
and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The
yarns have 25 to 90 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber
containing a structure derived from a monomer selected from the group
consisting of 4,4'diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3'diaminodiphenyl sulfone,
and mixtures thereof; and 10 to 75 parts by weight of a textile staple
fiber having limiting oxygen index of 21 or greater, based on 100 parts
by weight of the polymeric fiber and the textile fiber in the yarn.