chanting lift the covid lockdown , and breaking through barriers. there was an eruption of anger online in china following the deadly blaze, with some questioning whether pandemic restrictions prevented residents from escaping, or hampered fire fighting efforts. urumqi in xinjiang province is home to many uighur muslims. it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. our correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the
there are no confirmed deaths. the mud dislodged trees and damaged houses as it swept down a hillside, dragging a number of cars into the sea. rescuers are working to free residents. social media footage from china appears to show residents of the western city of urumqi protesting against covid restrictions, after a fire in a block of flats killed ten people. demonstrators are seen arguing with officials, chanting lift the covid lockdown , and breaking through barriers. there was an eruption of anger online in china following the deadly blaze, with some questioning whether pandemic restrictions prevented residents from escaping, or hampered fire fighting efforts. urumqi in xinjiang province is home to many uyghur muslims. it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections.
it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues to grapple with a steep rise in covid infections, despite its so called zero covid policy . 0ur correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building, and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china s equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, sc
there was an eruption of anger online in china following the deadly blaze, with some questioning whether pandemic restrictions prevented residents from escaping or hampered fire fighting efforts. urumqi, in xinjiang province, is home to many uyghur muslims. it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. 0ur correspondent katie silver is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question his ongoing commitment to
from escaping or hampered fire fighting efforts. urumqi, in xinjiang province, is home to many uighur muslims. it s been under stringent coronavirus measures for three months as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. our correspondent, katie silver, is following this story from singapore. the fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand to authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question his ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves