{"id":412,"date":"2026-05-16T06:33:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=412"},"modified":"2026-05-16T06:33:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T06:33:43","slug":"the-death-toll-from-an-explosion-at-a-fireworks-plant-in-china-rises-to-37-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks plant in China rises to 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>BEIJING (AP) \u2014 The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks plant this week in central China has risen to 37, state media reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=411\">Investigation underway after 64-year-old diver dies in propeller incident off Bimini<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Local authorities said one person remains missing, according to China\u2019s official news agency Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>The blast occurred Monday at a fireworks plant in the city of Changsha in Hunan province. Authorities have said they are still investigating the cause and have ordered the halt of all fireworks manufacturing in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports also said that more than 60 people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>State media China Daily said that the plant was operated by the Huasheng Fireworks Manufacturing and Display Co. in the Changsha-administered, county-level city of Liuyang, a prominent fireworks powerhouse in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=410\">The Latest: US military says it fired on 2 more Iran-flagged oil tankers trying to break blockade<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liuyang has a long history of fireworks production. The Guinness World Records organization said that the first accurately documented firework, the Chinese firecracker, was attributed to Li Tian, a monk who lived near Liuyang during China\u2019s Tang dynasty dating to around 618 to 907 C.E.<\/p>\n<p>In February, China reported two deadly explosions at fireworks shops around the Lunar New Year period.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=409\">Feds seek to strip U.S. citizenship of ex-ambassador who spied for Cuba<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks plant in China rises to 37<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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