Fire in China’s old age home (symbolic)
Beijing: Destiny played a game with many elders in China, knowing about which you will be shocked. In the last stage of life, first the desires of these elders burnt and their loved ones left them. So all of them became destitute. After breaking the expectations from his loved ones, he had chosen the last option of old age home to cut his life ahead, but what he knew that here too, destiny is going to play scary game with his luck. Please tell that in the old age home where the elderly were living, a sudden fire broke out on Tuesday. In this accident, 20 elders died by burning.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night at Longhua County in Hebei province, Northern China, where 20 elders were killed in a fire in an old age home. Local authorities gave this information on Wednesday. The report of the government news agency Xinhua stated that as per local time, the fire broke out at around 9 pm on Tuesday night. 39 elders were present inside the building during the fire. The fire was controlled by 11 pm. A total of 20 people have been confirmed so far, while 19 others have been sent to the hospital for health checkup.
260 elders were present in old age home
According to the report, the police have taken the in -charge of the old age home into custody and the cause of the fire is under investigation. Hong Kong -based ‘South China Morning Post’ quoted ‘Jimu News’ as saying that according to public records, 260 elders were present at the time of fire in 300 -bed ‘Guoan Senior Home’. According to the license records, the purpose of this old age home is to provide housing, food to the elderly and the disabled. Earlier in January 2024, 39 people were killed and nine others were injured when a fire broke out in a building complex in Shinu city of Jiangshi province.
The investigation of the incident found that illegal ‘cold storage’ was constructed in the ground floor, which led to the accident. After this accident, more than 50 officers were punished for being found guilty. There was a financial loss of 43.52 million yuan (about US $ 5.9 million) in the accident. (Language)
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