39 people died and 9 people were injured in a terrible fire that broke out in a shop. The death toll remains provisional: At least a dozen people are still trapped or missing. The incident occurred on January 24 in Xinyu, in the country’s eastern Jiangxi province. While the causes of the fire that broke out in the basement of a shop in Yushui district, which caused the massacre, are not yet clear, according to the official media, where the rescue teams’ operations ended. The flames broke out in the Yushui neighborhood in the afternoon, and then quickly spread to the entire block.
Police even placed ordinary mattresses on the floor to encourage people to jump from the first floor as the flames advanced.
President Xi Jinping called for an investigation and for the authorities to make more efforts to prevent such accidents, which are very common in China and usually occur due to inadequate compliance with safety regulations.
Source: Today IT
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