At least 20 people confirmed dead after Chinese nursing home blaze
![]() 1535 Wednesday, 09 April, 2025, 09:39 At least 20 people were killed in a nursing home fire at Chengde in the northern province of Hebei on Tuesday night, according to Chinese state media reports. The fire broke out at around 9pm on Tuesday at the home in a seniors’ residential complex in Chengde’s Longhua county. As of 3am on Wednesday, there were 20 confirmed fatalities, state news agency Xinhua said. Hebei police said the person in charge of the nursing home has been detained for investigation. Local and provincial authorities have also sent dedicated teams to comfort the families of the deceased and wounded. |
Wildfires raging in Turkey have reached Antalya (video)
323Yesterday, 16:173 people killed in Chicago shooting
345Yesterday, 14:35Residents evacuated as wildfires rage in Crete (video)
511Yesterday, 12:54Death toll rises in ferry sinking near Bali (video)
292Yesterday, 12:10Turkey's Cesme resort area catches fire
487Yesterday, 10:46Explosion rocks fireworks warehouse in Northern California, sparks massive fire (video)
47802.07.2025, 09:34Fires continue to rage in Turkey (video)
64401.07.2025, 14:4134 killed in chemical plant explosion in India (video)
60801.07.2025, 10:04