Deadly fire in Shantou, China. Photo: Capture X
Twelve people died in a fire that broke out in a residential building in the southern Chinese city of Shantou, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, as reported by Reuters.
The fire broke out at 9:20 p.m. local time on Tuesday in a four-story building and was extinguished about 40 minutes later, according to China's Xinhua news agency.
A residential #threads in #Shantou, #GuangdongProvincelate Tuesday killed eight people and injured four others, according to local authorities.
The Chaonan District Fire and Rescue Brigade of Shantou said in an early Wednesday notice that the fire broke out at 9:20 pm at a… pic.twitter.com/FWwDY0c8fP
— Shenzhen Daily (@szdaily1) December 10, 2025
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire.
The incident comes as the death toll from Hong Kong's worst fire in decades rose to 160 on Tuesday.
Hong Kong government accuses foreign media of how it reported on the fire that killed more than 150 people
The fire prompted China's top leaders to call for the removal of safety risks from the real estate sector. Last month, China also announced a wide-ranging inspection of fire safety standards in high-rise buildings across the country following the deadly fire in Hong Kong to prevent any similar disaster on the mainland.
The Shantou fire is the latest in a series of similar deadly incidents across the country in recent years.
In April, 20 people died in a fire that broke out in a building for the elderly in a nursing home in the country's northern Hebei province.
A few weeks later, a fire in a restaurant in northeastern China killed 22 people.
