What the records say
- When
- 24 Nov 2022
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 43.78° N, 87.62° E
- Description
- high-rise fire in Xinjiang, China
- Deaths
- 10
- Injured
- 9
- Cause
- electric spark
2022 Ürümqi fire
High-rise fire in Xinjiang, China
On 24 November 2022, a fire broke out in a residential high-rise apartment building in a Uyghur-majority neighborhood in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. Local authorities reported ten people, all Uyghurs, were dead and an additional nine were injured, though some raised concerns of underreporting.
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