Luoyang Christmas fire

Luoyang Christmas fire
Date25 December 2000 (2000-12-25)
TimeAround 9:00 p.m. (CST (UTC+08:00))
VenueDongdu Commercial Building (东都商厦)
LocationZhongzhou Road, Luoyang, China
Coordinates34°41′02″N 112°28′25″E / 34.683931°N 112.473680°E / 34.683931; 112.473680
Also known as洛阳东都商厦"12·25"特大火灾
TypeFire
Deaths309
Non-fatal injuries7

The Luoyang Christmas fire was a fire that occurred in Luoyang, in China's Henan Province, on 25 December 2000, killing 309 people. The fire was started by welding that sparked flammable materials; while the construction and retail workers in the same building evacuated, the nightclub patrons were forgotten about and were overwhelmed in a flashover. This was one of the deadliest fire in China and the second deadliest nightclub fire in history.