北京长峰医院遇难者增至29人|华尔街日报

  • 周二下午,北京长峰医院发生火灾,导致至少29人死亡。

  • 12名与火灾有关的人员被逮捕,包括医院院长和副院长以及负责施工的人员

  • 消防员扑灭了火焰并疏散了至少71人

  • 有关该事件的新闻最初很少,中国国家媒体在火灾发生8小时后才开始报道。

  • 有关该事件的社交媒体帖子很快被审查,导致网上的批评。

  • 网上有一段视频,显示医院里黑烟滚滚,人们从窗户爬出来,但视频的真实性无法核实。

  • 有人将其与去年新疆的一场致命火灾相提并论,这场火灾引发了全国范围内对中国严格的Covid控制政策的抗议。

  • 在Covid-19大流行病爆发之前,该医院的上市公司运营商一直是盈利的,这导致其亏损并在周三暂停了股票交易。

  • A fire broke out at Changfeng Hospital in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, resulting in the death of at least 29 people

  • 12 people were arrested in connection with the fire, including the director and vice-director of the hospital and the person in charge of construction work

  • Firefighters extinguished the flames and evacuated at least 71 people

  • News about the incident was initially scant, with Chinese state media only beginning to report on it 8 hours after the fire had occurred

  • Social media posts about the incident were quickly censored, leading to criticism online

  • A video showing black smoke billowing out of the hospital and people climbing out windows was shared online, though the authenticity of the video could not be verified

  • Comparisons were made to a deadly fire in Xinjiang last year, which sparked nationwide protests against China’s strict Covid-control policies

  • The hospital’s publicly-listed operator had been profitable until the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to losses and a suspension of trading in its stock on Wednesday