Firecrackers are perhaps the most traditional Chinese firework. There are more traditional ways to celebrate the New Year, including hanging of the red papers at doorways, but fireworks make more headlines.
I looked back a little and found several separate pieces of news. Like most China news they report a number, a cause and a province. (Quite a departure of Who, Where, When, What -reporting, eh?) The numbers were small, 6 dead, 13 dead and so on, but they all were preventable. Explosions in fireworks factories, some illegal facilities some lisenced.
The most recent reminder of worker safety training comes fresh, last night from Beijing. Monday marked the end of the New Year celebrations. The Chinese traditionally celebrate the first full moon of the New Year with fireworks rivalled only by the New Year's Eve itself. Last night a 44-floor building paid the price.
I'll link the Reuters piece since they have better pictures this time around. (Please note the casualty information in the linked piece of news is wrong.)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_as/as_china_hotel_fire
Cause? Workers celebrating. At the top of a construction yard at night, with fireworks. Numbers? Six, five of whom were firefighters. Aside from those the two points I'm interested in whether the higher-ups realize this is something you fix with worker safety training, not fireworks bans, and if the builders still have the money to finish the tower. I assume no and no.
OP Out.
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