At Least 22 Killed in Restaurant Fire in Northern China

The incident occurred just days before the start of a week-long Labor Day holiday, prompting the Communist Party’s leadership to step in.

Workers build a scaffolding around the site of a restaurant fire in Liaoyang, northeastern Liaoning Province, China, on April 29, 2025. Xinhua via AP

A fire broke out during lunchtime on Tuesday in a restaurant in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, resulting in the deaths of at least 22 people, according to local authorities and state media reports.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to a notice on the Ministry of Emergency Management’s website.