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The Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire (Chinese: 伊犁61团场火灾) broke out at Chinese New Year on February 18, 1977.When the farm hall was showing a North Korean war movie at new year, a 12-year-old audience member set off a ground spinning firecracker and ignited the mourning wreaths for Mao Zedong displaying in the hall.
Anshan hotel fire: 28, 12: A hotel on the top floor of a department store caught fire. [20] 16 June 2002, Haidian district, Beijing: Lanjisu internet cafe fire: 25, 13: Disgruntled youngsters set fire to a crowded two-story internet cafe in Beijing's university district after being banned. This was the deadliest fire in Beijing in more than 50 ...
The Hotel Polen on fire on May 9, 1977. February 18 – 61st Regiment Farm fire in Xinjiang, China, killed 694. The fire started when a pile of undisposed wreaths for the late Mao Zedong were set off by a child celebrating the Chinese New Year. [7] [100] [101] February 25 – Rossiya Hotel fire in Moscow, Russia, 42–45 killed and 50 injured.
Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6] 15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation. [7] Chinese famine of 1876–79. Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan. [8] 9–13 million Drought Chinese famine of 1928–30. Gansu, Shaanxi. [9 ...
On 20 August 2007 the Boeing 737-809 (WL) aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport. Four people—three from the aircraft and one ground crew—sustained injuries in the accident. The fire had been caused by a loose bolt puncturing a fuel tank. The aircraft was written off ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -A fire that erupted in the office of a coal company in northern China has now killed 26 people, state media said on Thursday, raising the death toll from the latest in a series ...
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Sep. 12—Social media disinformation that is playing a major role in mistrust among some Lahaina fire survivors was stoked by China—including a claim that the fire started from secret ...