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According to the local fire department captain Xu Baoyong (Chinese: 徐宝勇), he had to remove many bollards to let the fire truck get close to the building. [12] The fire was extinguished 3½ hours later, around 10:35 p.m. XJT time (2:35 p.m. GMT). Ten people, all Uyghurs, were reported to have died in the fire, including a three-year-old ...
Fire started when all the staff were attending a meeting. 5 January 1960, Tongren, Guizhou: Tongren Airport fire (under-construction) [10] 175, 5: A fire broke out during construction at the Tongren Fenghuang Airport. It is the deadliest airport fire in China. 8 January 1965, Yuli, Xinjiang: Second Tarim Field fire: 172, 10 [11]
The fire is believed to have been caused by leaking gas cylinders. [294] [295] February 5 – A fire at a building in Paris, France, killed 10. It was started by a woman after an altercation with the neighbors, who was later arrested by police. [296] February 8 – Ninho do Urubu fire.
Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batter the ...
At 8:27 p.m. on 9 February 2009, on the last day of the festivities marking Chinese New Year, the entire building caught fire due to a nearby unsanctioned fireworks display; it was put out six hours later. [1] The incident, and its coverage by Chinese state media, caused a furor in China.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of Zigong.The fire broke out around 6:00 p.m ...
The provincial government of Jiangsu established an investigation team to investigate the cause and responsibility of the fire. [4] According to the head of the fire department from a preliminary investigation, the fire started on the first floor where electric bikes were being stored which are known to catch fire at times. [ 3 ]
The storms, which have killed at least 20 people and led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of residents, were the worst to hit China in over a decade, with Beijing experiencing its ...