This is an everlasting, unforgettable disgrace for Chinese officials.
At 6:10 PM on December 8, 1994, on the stage of the Youyi Hall in Karamay, Xinjiang, several strips of gauze curtain that had caught fire suddenly fell in front of 796 students, teachers, and officials.
In an instant, the fire spread, the lights went out, and the fierce flames and toxic smoke mercilessly engulfed those innocent and lovely elementary and middle school students.
When burning fireballs kept falling from above the stage, an official from the Karamay Education Bureau came out and told the students: "Everyone sit down and don't move! Let the leaders go first!"