By Evan Roy with AFP
Published
April 29, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.
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VIDEO – A fire broke out this Tuesday, April 29 in a restaurant in Liaoyang, in northeast China Tuesday, April 29. A first provisional assessment reports at least 22 people dead and three injured.
At least 22 people died and three others were injured after a major fire in a restaurant in the city of Liaoyang in northeast China, Chinese CCTV media announced. “”The fire broke out at 12:25 pm (local time) on April 29 in a restaurant near the Sanlizhuang rehousing district, in the Baita district, in Liaoyang, in Liaoning province“Said the chain.
Chinese President Xi Jinping deplored a drama caused by “heavy human losses“And calls to shed light on this drama in”quickly identifying the causes of the incident and establishing responsibilities under the law».
Muroring fires regularly occur in China due to not respected fire prevention measures. The country had already been bereaved by the appalling fire of an establishment for the elderly at the beginning of April, killing 20 people.
