STORY: :: A fire at a vegetable market in northern China has killed multiple people and injured others
:: Zhangjiakou, China
:: January 4, 2025
Authorities were investigating the cause of the fire in the city of Zhangjiakou, which was doused just over an hour after it broke out at about 8:40 a.m., the broadcaster added.
Videos published on social media showed a blaze burning inside the covered market and huge dark billows of smoke hanging over the city’s Qiaoxi district. Firefighters could also be seen dousing the marketplace with water as the flames appeared largely extinguished.
Reuters was able to confirm the location of the videos by the shape, position and colour of signs and buildings which matched file imagery. The date of the fire was confirmed by a local government briefing on the situation and state TV reporting.
Identified as the Liguang vegetable market in some media, it opened in 2011 and sells items ranging from fruit and seafood to electronics, company data provider Qichacha said.
