Blue speed Internet cafe events

Name: Blue speed Internet cafe events
Start: 2002

2002 CE.

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At around 2:40 am on June 16, 2002, a fire broke out at a two-story internet cafe in Haidian district, Beijing. Twenty-five people died and 13 others were injured. Many of the dead and injured people were university students. The fire was the deadliest fire in Beijing in over 50 years. The fire was an arson; four youngsters were punished for the crime.

Text from the Wikipedia article Lanjisu internet cafe fire, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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