{"id":3476,"date":"2026-05-05T04:28:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/?p=3476"},"modified":"2026-05-05T04:28:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T04:28:54","slug":"blast-at-fireworks-factory-in-chinas-hunan-kills-21-xi-calls-for-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/blast-at-fireworks-factory-in-chinas-hunan-kills-21-xi-calls-for-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast at fireworks factory in China&#8217;s Hunan kills 21, Xi calls for probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b>Hunan fireworks factory blast kills 21, injures 61.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Xi orders thorough probe into deadly factory explosion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Nearly 500 rescuers deployed after Hunan explosion.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"editorHr\" \/>\n<p>HONG KONG: A blast at a fireworks factory in China&#8217;s Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a thorough investigation, state media reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The blast in Hunan&#8217;s capital city of Changsha, home to a hub for fireworks manufacturing, occurred on Monday around 4:40pm (0840 GMT), according to reports by\u00a0<i>CCTV<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Xinhua<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Videos on \u2060Chinese internet platforms showed thick smoke billowing from a large site with collapsed buildings and debris strewn around the area. Reuters could not verify the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 500 firefighters, rescuers and medical personnel attended the scene, according to the\u00a0<i>South China Morning Post<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The blast happened at Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Company, media said.\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i>\u00a0could not find a telephone listing for the company to seek comment.<\/p>\n<p>Xi called for a speedy investigation \u2060to determine the cause of the blast and strict accountability for the incident,\u00a0<i>Xinhua\u00a0<\/i>reported.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, China exported $1.14 billion worth of fireworks, more than two-thirds of global sales, data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity shows.<\/p>\n<p>Xi also ordered \u2060authorities to strengthen risk screening and hazard control in key industries, enhance public safety and ensure the safety of people&#8217;s lives and property.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, he urged a nationwide upgrade in China&#8217;s disaster response capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunan fireworks factory blast kills 21, injures 61. Xi orders thorough probe into deadly factory explosion. Nearly 500 rescuers deployed after Hunan explosion. HONG KONG: A blast at a fireworks factory in China&#8217;s Hunan province has killed 21 people and injured 61, prompting President Xi Jinping to call for a thorough investigation, state media reported [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3478,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3476\/revisions\/3478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpakistan.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}