{"id":18504,"date":"2026-05-05T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=18504"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:35:40","slug":"death-toll-rises-in-central-china-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/05\/05\/death-toll-rises-in-central-china-f\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll rises to 26 in central China fireworks plant explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Death toll rises to 26 in central China fireworks plant explosion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>26 people were killed and 61 others injured after a fireworks plant exploded in Liuyang City. central China&#8217;s Hunan Province on\u00a0 Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from a devastating explosion at a fireworks manufacturing plant in central China has risen to 26, according to local authorities. The incident occurred on Monday in Liuyang City, located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enghunan.gov.cn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunan Province<\/a>, a region known for its large fireworks industry.<\/p>\n<p>Officials reported on Tuesday that, in addition to those who lost their lives, at least 61 people were injured in the blast. Emergency responders were quickly dispatched to the scene, where rescue operations continued for several hours as teams worked to locate survivors and control the aftermath of the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The injured victims were transported to nearby hospitals for medical treatment, with some reported to be in critical condition. Authorities have not yet released detailed information about the cause of the explosion, but an investigation is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p>Fireworks factories in the region have faced safety concerns in the past, due to the highly flammable materials used in production. Local officials have pledged to carry out a thorough review of safety protocols and enforce stricter regulations to prevent similar incidents in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy has raised renewed concerns about industrial safety standards, particularly in facilities handling explosive materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Death toll rises to 26 in central China fireworks plant explosion 26 people were killed and 61 others injured after a fireworks plant exploded in Liuyang City. central China&#8217;s Hunan Province on\u00a0 Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday. The death toll from a devastating explosion at a fireworks manufacturing plant in central China has risen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[2463],"class_list":["post-18504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-china"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18509,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18504\/revisions\/18509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}