Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China’s deadliest blazes in recent years

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters at the scene of a footwear factory fire in Jiangtou village, Chendai township of Jinjiang city, southeastern China’s Fujian province, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Zheng Liang/Xinhua via AP)

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