Taiyuan high-rise fire kills 14; 25 remain in hospital, nine critically
A fire at Haosheng International Apartment in Taiyuan’s Yingze District on Sunday killed 14 people, local authorities said on Monday via Xinhua. Twenty-five people remained in hospital, nine of them critically injured and four seriously hurt. The blaze in the mixed-use high-rise was extinguished after about two hours; the cause is under investigation.
The death toll from a fire at Haosheng International Apartment on Liuxiang Street in Yingze District, Taiyuan — capital of China’s northern Shanxi Province — rose to 14, local authorities said on Monday, 9 November 2026, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
At an afternoon news briefing by the Taiyuan municipal propaganda department, officials said 25 people were still receiving treatment in hospital, including nine whose injuries were critical and four who were seriously hurt. The fire broke out at 4:59 p.m. on Sunday, 8 November.
State media and a Reuters dispatch carried by Channel News Asia described a roughly 40-storey mixed-use commercial and residential building with hotels, short-term rental apartments and other venues. Video verified by Reuters showed smoke over the tower as firefighters on cranes fought flames that spread upward from a lower annex. State broadcaster CCTV said the fire appeared to have started around the fourth floor of the annex before reaching the eighth and ninth floors, which house a hotel.
Authorities said the fire was put out after about two hours and that rescue operations wrapped up at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, with 38 people taken to hospital. The cause remains under investigation. Casualty figures are those announced by Taiyuan authorities via Xinhua on 9 November and may be updated.