A shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian suddenly caught fire, with the blaze lasting nearly 8 hours and causing 28 deaths. Leaders from the State Council and provincial and municipal governments subsequently visited the scene and apologized.
The dam collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi flooded downstream villages, leaving a large number of disaster victims trapped for days facing material shortages and secondary disasters. Official staging of propaganda afterwards sparked public doubt and criticism.
Multiple earthquakes have occurred successively in Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Among them, Gaoxian experienced multiple tremors in a single day, with the highest reaching magnitude 5.0. Informed whistleblowers claim that the earthquakes are related to high-pressure fluid injection for local shale gas development.
Severe convective weather struck Changzhi, Shanxi, uprooting multiple roadside trees, damaging several cars, and causing severe flooding on some roads.