{"id":16008,"date":"2024-02-24T12:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T12:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/at-least-15-killed-in-fire-thought-to-have-been-started-by-electric-bicycle-in-eastern-china\/"},"modified":"2024-02-24T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T12:48:59","slug":"at-least-15-killed-in-fire-thought-to-have-been-started-by-electric-bicycle-in-eastern-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/at-least-15-killed-in-fire-thought-to-have-been-started-by-electric-bicycle-in-eastern-china\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 15 killed in fire thought to have been started by electric bicycle in eastern China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 15 people were killed in a fire thought to have been started by an electric bicycle parked at\u00a0a high-rise residential building in eastern China early Friday morning, state media have reported. <\/p>\n

Forty-four people were also injured during the blaze that engulfed the 34-floor building in the eastern city of Nanjing, the media outlet CCTV said. <\/p>\n

Two were\u00a0in critical and serious condition while the rest suffered minor injuries, the state broadcaster reported, adding that\u00a0all were hospitalized. <\/p>\n

A preliminary investigation found an electric bike parked on an open floor of the building may have caught fire, according to the state broadcaster. Investigations are continuing. <\/p>\n

Footage on Chinese social media showed a ball of fire spreading to the exterior of the building. Billows of smoke emerged from apartments on\u00a0various floors, leaving burn marks on the facade of the building. <\/p>\n

Authorities received calls for help at 4:39 a.m. and dispatched 20 fire engines to the scene, according to CCTV. The fire was put out at 6 a.m. <\/p>\n

At a press conference early Saturday, Nanjing Mayor Chen Zhichang bowed to the public\u00a0when he\u00a0offered condolences and said he was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d to victims\u2019 families and those who were injured, according to the Nanjing government\u2019s official WeChat account. <\/p>\n

He said officials were \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the event, adding\u00a0that an investigation\u00a0is under way. \u201cWe will\u2026give the victims and society an answer,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

The blaze was a trending topic on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on Saturday, being viewed more than 470 million times by the afternoon. <\/p>\n

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A fire breaks out at a residential building in Nanjing on February 23, 2024.<\/span>liangyishengmagua\/Weibo<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Faulty electric bicycles have been reportedly linked to several blazes in the country in recent years. <\/p>\n

Some commentators, including former Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin,\u00a0on Saturday called for stricter regulations on the increasingly popular form of transport. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really shocking and heartbreaking. How to manage electric bicycles is a major problem to tackle,\u201d wrote Hu, who has 24 million followers on Weibo. <\/p>\n

Some commentators called for the authorities to be more proactive. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to see leaders of a certain level apologize and bow after every major safety incident,\u201d said one online commentator, with 179,000 followers. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of behavior won\u2019t impress people these days as what everyone wishes to see is what they actually do for the people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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