{"id":59300,"date":"2026-07-09T16:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59300"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:02:36","slug":"factory-fire-kills-at-least-28-in-chinas-shoe-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59300","title":{"rendered":"Factory fire kills at least 28 in China&#8217;s &#8216;shoe capital&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fire at a shoe factory in the south-eastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has killed at least 28 people, according to the state news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dramatic footage posted by Xinhua showed huge plumes of black smoke rising from a building as well as people who appeared to be trapped on the roof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Xi Jinping said the blaze had caused &#8220;major casualties&#8221;, adding those responsible must be held &#8220;strictly accountable&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jinjiang, in the province of Fujian, is often referred to as China&#8217;s &#8220;shoe capital&#8221; as it reportedly manufactures 20% of the world&#8217;s sports shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blaze erupted at the Huiteng Footwear factory at around noon local time (05:00 BST) on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of rescue workers were rushed to the scene, state broadcaster CCTV reports, and more than 200 people were evacuated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear how many have been injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial reports suggest the fire may have started on the factory&#8217;s ground floor where flammable materials were stored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have detained a number of people who work for the factory&#8217;s owners, and the firm&#8217;s bank account was frozen, according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China started a campaign to prevent fires in high-rise buildings after a blaze&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/resources\/idt-c9792622-43e7-4b04-8374-2771dce4fcd1\">ripped through several Hong Kong apartment buildings in November<\/a>, killing 168 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC: A fire at a shoe factory in the south-eastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has killed at least 28 people, according to the state news agency. Dramatic footage posted by Xinhua showed huge plumes of black smoke rising from a building as well as people who appeared to be trapped on the roof. President Xi Jinping said the blaze had caused &#8220;major casualties&#8221;, adding those responsible must be held &#8220;strictly accountable&#8221;. Jinjiang, in the province of Fujian, is often referred to as China&#8217;s &#8220;shoe capital&#8221; as it reportedly manufactures 20% of the world&#8217;s sports shoes. The blaze erupted at the&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59302,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59300\/revisions\/59302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}