Videos show firetrucks parked at a distance from the blaze in Urumqi, leading to questions about whether China's coronavirus restrictions worsened the tragedy.
The delayed emergency response to a deadly fire has sparked protests calling for an end to months of lockdowns in Xinjiangthe tightly controlled region of northwestern China, and fueled a nationwide outcry over the restrictions prescribed by the country’s “zero covid” policy.
whether pandemic limitations on movement had prevented the trucks from getting closer or arriving fast enough.On Friday night, Urumqi residents carrying China’s national flag gathered outside a local government building chanting for lockdowns to be lifted, according to widely circulated videos on the social media app WeChat. The Washington Post could not immediately verify the authenticity of the clips.
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