At least 14 people have been killed in a fire at an apartment building in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, state media reported on Monday.
The blaze broke out at the Haosheng International Apartment building in the Liuxiang area of Yingze district, in downtown Taiyuan, at about 5pm local time on Sunday. Firefighters brought the flames under control within about two hours, and search and rescue work was completed on Sunday evening.
Thirty-eight people were taken to hospital. Five had died by late on Sunday night, and the death toll rose to 14 by Monday morning, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
China launched a campaign against fire hazards in high-rise buildings last November, after a blaze engulfed several tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing 168 people. A month later, a fire at a residential building in southern China’s Guangdong province killed 12 people, and in July a fire at a shoe factory in eastern China killed at least 28 people.
Source: AFP — https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-11-09-fire-in-china-apartment-building-kills-14-state-media/
