{"id":103353,"date":"2025-04-29T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=103353"},"modified":"2025-04-29T21:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:00:33","slug":"restaurant-fire-kills-22-in-northeast-chinas-liaoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/103353\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant fire kills 22 in northeast China&#8217;s Liaoning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan(National Times)- A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people and injured three on Tuesday, Beijing&#8217;s state media said, with footage posted online showing fierce flames engulfing the building. The blaze erupted at lunchtime in Liaoyang City, about 580 kilometres (360 miles) northeast of the capital Beijing, according to Chinese broadcaster<em>\u00a0CCTV<\/em>. &#8220;The incident has resulted in 22 deaths and three injuries,&#8221; it added. President Xi Jinping said that the blaze had caused &#8220;significant casualties&#8221; and that the lessons from it were &#8220;profoundly serious&#8221;,\u00a0<em>CCTV\u00a0<\/em>said. Xi called for &#8220;every effort to treat the injured, properly handle the aftermath for the deceased and provide support to their families, swiftly determine the cause of the fire, and pursue accountability in accordance with the law,&#8221; the report added. Footage shared online and verified by\u00a0<em>AFP\u00a0<\/em>showed the inferno engulfing the two-storey restaurant and smoke billowing skyward. Other authenticated videos published on Douyin, China\u00b4s version of TikTok, showed paramedics wheeling one victim on a stretcher into an ambulance and several firefighters battling the flames with hoses. Another video from the social media platform shot from above the scene showed more than a dozen fire engines parked outside the restaurant. One woman working at a nearby restaurant said she hadn\u00b4t been outside all day and only learnt of the incident when she read news articles about the fire. &#8220;We weren&#8217;t aware of it and continued on normally,&#8221; she told\u00a0<em>AFP\u00a0<\/em>over the phone. The woman, who did not want to be identified, said she had &#8220;no idea&#8221; what caused the fire but said she heard sirens and there were still police outside of her restaurant. &#8220;It definitely was very tragic,&#8221; she added. Deadly fires are relatively common in China due to lax building codes and an often slipshod approach to workplace safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- A restaurant fire in northeastern China killed 22 people and injured three on Tuesday, Beijing&#8217;s state media said, with footage posted online showing fierce flames engulfing the building. 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