At least 22 people were killed and 3 injured on Tuesday during a fire in a restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang in Northeast China in Liaoning province.
The cause of the fire that broke out shortly after noon is not yet known.
Videos and pictures from the scene showed huge flames from the windows and doors of two or three -storey buildings.
A report published a few hours later via a provincial radio and television office said the fire was evasion and the search for survivors ended.
However, a long list of reacting regional politicians – from Governor – was provided – along with the promise to get to the bottom of the disaster and seriously punish responsible.
The Chinese intelligence agency Xinhua said that President Xi Jinping called it “a deeply persistent lesson” and urged local officials to quickly treat the injured, determined what triggered the Blaze and held those who were responsible for the account.
Hao Pengu, Minister of the Provincial Ruling Party of Liaoning, said 22 fire -fighting cars and 85 firefighters were deployed on the scene.
The rescue work on the spot was completed and people were evacuated, Hao said.
Frequent industrial accidents in China
Industrial accidents often occur in China, usually because of employees ignoring security measures.
Poorly maintained infrastructure, illegally stored chemicals and lack of exits of fire and fire slowing, often bound by corruption, are often in such disasters.
Liaoyang City is part of the Chinese Rust Belt, a former industrial powerhouse who has become acquainted with a considerable outflow of the population.
At the beginning of this month, 20 people were killed in a fire that broke out in an apartment for the elderly in a nursing home in the northern province of Hebei.
Last year, gas leaks caused at least two high -ranking explosions in residential areas, the explosion in the restaurant in the province of Hebei killed two people and injured 26 in March and killed one person in September.
(Tagstotranslate) Liaoyang Restaurant Fire
