A fire broke out in a martial arts training center in China’s Henan Province on June 25, resulting in 18 deaths and 16 injuries of mostly children. The cause of the fire is still unknown. Major media outlets on the mainland appear to have censored the story ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) anniversary celebration on July 1. News reports of this incident are no longer accessible on the Beijing Youth Daily and Henan Daily.
According to a report by China’s Xinhua Net, the fire department rescued a total of 34 people, 18 of whom died, with four severely injured, and 12 with minor injuries. The 18 dead were students of the martial arts center, most of them between 7 and 16 years old.
