Fire at high-rise building in China's Taiyuan kills 14

A fire at a high-rise building in central Taiyuan, the capital of China's Shanxi province, on 8 November 2026 killed 14 people, the Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

According to local authorities, the fire broke out at 4:59 p.m. local time on Sunday at the Haosheng International Apartment building in Yingze district. It was put out about two hours later, rescue operations ended at 8:30 p.m., and 38 people were taken to hospital. Five deaths were confirmed on Sunday evening, and by Monday morning the death toll had risen to 14.

CNA reported that 25 people remained in hospital, nine of them seriously injured. According to the state broadcaster, the fire appears to have started on about the fourth floor of a lower annex of the 40-storey building before spreading to the eighth and ninth floors, which house a hotel. The building contains flats, hotels, short-term rental apartments and children's tutoring centres.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, and authorities said all efforts were being made to treat the injured. Mongolian sites including iSee.mn and Zogii.mn shared the news.