A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people on Tuesday (April 29, 2025). - Photo: Screengrab/Sina Weibo
BEIJING: A restaurant fire in north-east China on Tuesday (April 29) killed 22 people in the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents around the country.
The official news agency Xinhua did not identify the cause of the fire, but said President Xi Jinping called it “a deeply sobering lesson” and urged local officials to quickly treat the injured, determine what triggered the blaze and hold those responsible to account.
