Across China 12,025 fires broke out from Feb. 15 to noon of Feb. 21, leaving 51 people dead and 9 injured, the fire department of the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday.
During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, the number of fires dropped 12.8 percent from the same period of 2017, with property losses of 57 million yuan or 9 million U.S. dollars, said the statement.
As part of fire prevention efforts, inspections identified and neutralized some 264,000 fire hazards in the period.
(Source:Jiangsu International Channel)
