At least 26 people were killed and 38 others were hospitalized when a fire broke out in a coal company’s office building in a provincial city southwest of Beijing on Thursday, China’s state-run news media reported. The fire began around…
Authorities say at least 11 people were killed on the outskirts of the historic city of Yanan in the mountainous Shaanxi province. The explosion took place at 8:26pm (12:26 GMT) on Monday at the Xintai Coal Mine near Yanan, state…
At least 14 people are dead after torrential rain hit China’s north-eastern Jilin province, state media has reported, in the latest fatalities from more than a week of weather-related disasters across the country. Thousands of troops have been sent into…
Eleven people died after the roof of a school gym collapsed in northeastern China, state media reported Monday. The collapse in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province was caused by construction workers illegally placing perlite -- a form of volcanic glass -- on…
An explosion at a steel mill in China's northeast killed four people and left five hospitalized with injuries, the city government said Friday. A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Yingkou, east…
At least 31 people are dead and seven injured in the Chinese city of Yinchuan, in northwest Ningxia region, after a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant Wednesday night, according to state media. The explosion was caused by a leak…
A fire at a hospital in Beijing has killed at least 29 people and forced dozens to evacuate, a Chinese government official has said. As clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky late on Tuesday, people trapped in the…
China's Inner Mongolia region ordered inspections at all of its open-pit mines on Friday, after at least six people were killed in a landslide at a coal mine, with 47 others still missing. The mine, operated by small local firm…
A fire in an apartment building in north-west China’s Xinjiang region has killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said. It is the second major fire accident in the country this week, leaving a total of 48 dead. The fire…
Thirty-eight people have died after a fire at a company dealing in chemicals and other industrial goods in central China, local authorities said. The fire broke out in Anyang city, in the central Henan Province about 4.30pm on Monday and it…