Workshop fire kills at least 119
TIMELINE
Major fires
• Nov 5, 2010
A blaze erupts at a shopping mall in Jilin city, Jilin province, due to a short circuit in electrical wiring. Nineteen people die.
• Nov 15, 2010
A fire caused by soldering equipment at a residential building in Shanghai's Jing'an district kills 58.
• Sept 20, 2008
A blaze started when people set off fireworks on stage at a Shenzhen club in Guangdong province, killing 43.
• Dec 15, 2005
A fire sparked by an electrical short circuit at a power substation in Liaoyuan, Jilin province, kills 39.
• June 10, 2005
An electrical short circuit starts a fire at a hotel in Shantou, Guangdong province, killing 31.
• Feb 15, 2004
A discarded cigarette starts a blaze in a shopping mall in Jilin city, Jilin province, killing 54.
• Feb 2, 2003
A hotel in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, catches fire, leaving 33 dead. The cause was never established.
• June 16, 2002
A 14-year-old boy starts a fire at an Internet cafe in Beijing's Haidian district that claims the lives of 25 teenagers.
• Dec 8, 1994
A fire started by a stage lamp in a theater in Karamay, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, kills 325 people, including 288 students.
