Central China Fire

At least 25 people died Wednesday after a fire broke out at a store in the central Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media reported.

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 pm

Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, with authorities blaming workers for illegal welding.

Thirty-six people were killed and two are missing after a fire at a plant in central China, state media said Tuesday, citing local authorities.

A major fire broke out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media reported Friday, adding that the number of casualties was "currently unknown".

Hong Kong police fired water cannon and volleys of tear gas to break up protesters throwing petrol bombs near the Legislative Council building and inside the Central Government Offices on Sunday, the latest in weeks of sometimes violent unrest.

Twenty six people were killed and 30 injured after a tourist bus caught fire in central China, local officials said.

Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach bus caught fire in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said.

A blaze raged through a 20-storey office block in Zhengzhou, capital of China's central province of Henan, on Thursday, sending heavy smoke into the sky above the city, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

China's state broadcaster CCTV says at least 30 people have been killed in a fire aboard a tourist bus in the central province of Hunan.

A handgun went off during a police safety talk at a kindergarten in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Thursday, injuring four adults and one child, police said.

Seven children died and another was injured in a fire at a private orphanage in central China on Friday, the local government and state media said.

A lawmaker in central China has been fired after screen shots from a sex video of him were posted online, authorities said on Saturday.

An overloaded double-decker bus burst into flames on a highway in central China early on Friday, killing 41 people on board and injuring six, state media said.

At least 25 people died Wednesday after a fire broke out at a store in the central Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media reported.

Thirteen people have died in a school dormitory fire in central China's Henan province, the official Xinhua news agency reported Saturday. The blaze at the Yingcai School in Henan's Yanshanpu village was reported to the local fire department at 11 pm

Thirty-eight people were killed and two were injured in a fire at a factory in central China, state media said Tuesday, with authorities blaming workers for illegal welding.

Thirty-six people were killed and two are missing after a fire at a plant in central China, state media said Tuesday, citing local authorities.

A major fire broke out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media reported Friday, adding that the number of casualties was "currently unknown".

Hong Kong police fired water cannon and volleys of tear gas to break up protesters throwing petrol bombs near the Legislative Council building and inside the Central Government Offices on Sunday, the latest in weeks of sometimes violent unrest.

Twenty six people were killed and 30 injured after a tourist bus caught fire in central China, local officials said.

Twenty-six people were killed and 28 others injured after a tour coach bus caught fire in central China's Hunan Province on Friday, local authorities said.

A blaze raged through a 20-storey office block in Zhengzhou, capital of China's central province of Henan, on Thursday, sending heavy smoke into the sky above the city, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

China's state broadcaster CCTV says at least 30 people have been killed in a fire aboard a tourist bus in the central province of Hunan.

A handgun went off during a police safety talk at a kindergarten in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou on Thursday, injuring four adults and one child, police said.

Seven children died and another was injured in a fire at a private orphanage in central China on Friday, the local government and state media said.

A lawmaker in central China has been fired after screen shots from a sex video of him were posted online, authorities said on Saturday.

An overloaded double-decker bus burst into flames on a highway in central China early on Friday, killing 41 people on board and injuring six, state media said.