Fire in Taiyuan Apartment Block Kills 14, Exposing China’s Urban Safety Risks
A building fire in Taiyuan, the capital of northern China’s Shanxi province, has killed at least 14 people and injured several others, according to state media and local authorities. The blaze has renewed scrutiny of fire safety enforcement in China’s rapidly urbanizing cities, where dense residential construction and aging infrastructure can magnify the toll of a single emergency.
