What the records say
- When
- 8 Dec 1994
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 45.60° N, 84.87° E
- Description
- deadly fire in a Karamay theater, Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region, western China
- Deaths
- 325
1994 Karamay fire
Theatre fire in Karamay, Xinjiang, China
The Karamay fire of 8 December 1994 at the Friendship Theatre in Karamay, Xinjiang, China, was among the most notorious fires in China. Its notoriety derives partly from the disputed allegation that the schoolchildren, who were entertaining visiting officials, were ordered to remain seated when the fire started to allow the visiting officials to walk out first. The fire killed 325, including 288 schoolchildren.
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- Wikidata: famines, epidemics and firesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 1994 Karamay fire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Karamay'da çıkan yangında 325 kişi öldü”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Карамае во время концерта, на котором в качестве участников и зрителей присутствовало около 800 детей в возрасте от 7 до 14 лет в здании Зала Дружбы округа…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中國新疆发生克拉玛依大火。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “カラマイ大火”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page