TIMELINE

Major fires

? Nov 5, 2010

A blaze erupts at a shopping mall in Jilin city, Jilin province, due to a short circuit in electrical wiring. Nineteen people die.

? Nov 15, 2010

A fire caused by soldering equipment at a residential building in Shanghai's Jing'an district kills 58.

? Sept 20, 2008

A blaze started when people set off fireworks on stage at a Shenzhen club in Guangdong province, killing 43.

? Dec 15, 2005

A fire sparked by an electrical short circuit at a power substation in Liaoyuan, Jilin province, kills 39.

? June 10, 2005

An electrical short circuit starts a fire at a hotel in Shantou, Guangdong province, killing 31.

? Feb 15, 2004

A discarded cigarette starts a blaze in a shopping mall in Jilin city, Jilin province, killing 54.

? Feb 2, 2003

A hotel in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, catches fire, leaving 33 dead. The cause was never established.

? June 16, 2002

A 14-year-old boy starts a fire at an Internet cafe in Beijing's Haidian district that claims the lives of 25 teenagers.

? Dec 8, 1994

A fire started by a stage lamp in a theater in Karamay, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, kills 325 people, including 288 students.