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Bo Cui

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Bo Cui

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Death
8 Dec 1994
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Xinjiang Region, China Add to Map
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Bo was a student at 1# elementary school. He was Han chinese

Bo was a victim of the 1994 Karamay fire at Friendship Hall, Karamay, China. On the 8th of December, 500 schoolchildren aged 7-14 were were taken to a special variety performance. There were also high ranking officials attending.
During one of the performances, one of the spotlights fell and the curtain catched fire. The students and their teachers were told to stay put and let the officials leave first. Once the last official left, everyone got out of their seats and ran to the nearest exit, only one remained open. The students screamed and cried, they climbed on top of each other, tried to break the doors, anything to be saved. The fire catched up to them within minutes, 20% burned alive and other 80% died because of the smoke. Out of the 500 children, 288 died with 36 teachers.
Later examination of the bodies shows that many children had been alive when they were discovered, but had died because the paramedics tossed them to the ambulance without checking if they were alive.

He was buried to Karamay Xiaoxihu Cemetry the same day he was found
Bo was a student at 1# elementary school. He was Han chinese

Bo was a victim of the 1994 Karamay fire at Friendship Hall, Karamay, China. On the 8th of December, 500 schoolchildren aged 7-14 were were taken to a special variety performance. There were also high ranking officials attending.
During one of the performances, one of the spotlights fell and the curtain catched fire. The students and their teachers were told to stay put and let the officials leave first. Once the last official left, everyone got out of their seats and ran to the nearest exit, only one remained open. The students screamed and cried, they climbed on top of each other, tried to break the doors, anything to be saved. The fire catched up to them within minutes, 20% burned alive and other 80% died because of the smoke. Out of the 500 children, 288 died with 36 teachers.
Later examination of the bodies shows that many children had been alive when they were discovered, but had died because the paramedics tossed them to the ambulance without checking if they were alive.

He was buried to Karamay Xiaoxihu Cemetry the same day he was found

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