Fujian fire investigation recommends charges, disciplinary sanctions

An investigation team has recommended that five people responsible for a fire in Fujian province be transferred to judicial authorities, in addition to disciplinary sanctions for 10 officials, according to Fujian's provincial emergency management department on Thursday.

On March 31, 2025, a fire broke out in Sanming at the construction site for a facility belonging to Mingyou (Fujian) Food. The accident resulted in five deaths and six injuries.

An investigation report labeled the fire as a serious work safety liability accident, saying it was caused by numerous factors, including work safety failures, missing construction permits, substandard insulation materials, unauthorized dismantling of firefighting facilities, inadequate safety measures, ineffective fire control, and failures by local government departments to implement proper safety supervision.

According to the report, the accident investigation team recommended transferring five individuals to the judicial authorities. Ten officials were proposed to receive disciplinary sanctions within the Party and administrative sanctions.

Mingyou (Fujian) Food, its chairman, Huang, and president, Chen, shall be subject to administrative penalties. The government of Sanyuan district was ordered to submit a thorough self-criticism to the government of Sanming.