The fire was particularly tragic because many of the residents had been locked into their apartments as part of COVID-19 measures. They could not escape.
The incident sparked protests against China’s zero-COVID policies throughout the country.
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- November 26, 2022. Dake Kang. “10 Killed in Apartment Fire in Northwest China’s Xinjiang.” ABC News.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/10-killed-apartment-fire-northwest-chinas-xinjiang-93989009.
News. - November 28, 2022. Haley Ott, Elizabeth Palmer, and Shuai Zhang. “China’s Xi Jinping Faces Calls to Step down as Deadly Fire Sparks Unprecedented Protests over ‘Zero-COVID’ Policy.” CBS News.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/xi-jinping-step-down-china-deadly-fire-protests-zero-covid-policy/.
News. - December 3, 2022. Jessie Yeung, Carlotta Dotto, and Henrik Pettersson. “How a Deadly Fire Ignited Dissent over China’s Zero-Covid Policy.” CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/china/china-covid-lockdown-protests-2022-intl-hnk-dst/index.html.
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