Overview
- The blast at a fireworks factory in Liuyang on Monday killed 37 people, with one person still missing.
- Hospitals are treating 51 injured after crews finished on-site search and rescue at the plant.
- Police opened an investigation under the supervision of China’s top prosecutors and summoned eight people for questioning.
- Hunan ordered every fireworks plant in Liuyang to suspend work for safety inspections in a city that produces about 60% of China’s fireworks and roughly 70% of exports.
- State media described this as the deadliest blast reported in China since 2019.