The fire, at a coal company’s offices in the province of Shanxi, also left at least 38 people hospitalized, the state-run news media reported. The cause was not immediately clear.
Tag: Fires and Firefighters
Deadly Johannesburg Fire Exposed Years of Neglect
Officials blame immigrants and liberal housing laws, but a Times investigation found the entrenched problems that turned downtown Johannesburg into a blighted tinderbox.
Deadly Fire in Africa’s Richest City Exposed a Secret in Plain Sight
Officials blame immigrants and liberal housing laws, but a Times investigation found the entrenched problems that turned downtown Johannesburg into a blighted tinderbox.
Fire at Drug Rehab Center in Iran Kills at Least 32, State Media Report
A local official reportedly said the center’s manager had been arrested, and he blamed overcrowding at the facility for the high toll.
London’s Luton Airport Suspends Flights After Fire in Car Park
A blaze overnight led to a “partial structural collapse” at Car Park 2 at Luton, the fourth-largest airport serving London. By Wednesday morning, the fire was extinguished.
Piecing Together Stories of Migrants Who Were Killed in the Greece Wildfires
A Times reporter hiked to a rugged region in Greece where the bodies of 18 asylum seekers were found. She returned, weeks later, with a man who had lost his brother.
Spanish Nightclub Fire Investigators Work to Identify Victims
With only four of the bodies pulled from the charred remains of a nightclub complex near the Mediterranean Coast identified, the authorities are asking families for DNA samples.
Iraq Investigators Call for Officials to Be Fired After Wedding Hall Blaze
The fire that killed almost 120 people had been accidental, a report said, but occurred after a series of decisions that proved deadly.
At Least 13 Killed in Nightclub Fire in Spain
Spanish authorities are investigating the origins of the blaze, in the southeastern city of Murcia, which also left at least four people wounded from smoke inhalation.
Iraq Wedding Fire’s Death Toll Rises, as Investigators Point to Safety Violations
The wedding hall lacked emergency exits and a sprinkler system, and was made of materials that seemed similar to those used in Grenfell Tower in London, where a fire in 2017 killed 79 people.