On the night of January 28th, New Year’s Eve, a square performance caught fire in Nanning, Guangxi, causing panic among the crowds and chaos on the scene.
According to a netizen’s post on January 29th, around 8 p.m. on the 28th, an accident occurred during the “Iron Flower Performance” in Liangqing District, Nanning, when sparks accidentally ignited the white elephant installation on the night scene wall, resulting in a raging fire on site.
The netizen also mentioned that the promotional activities for culture and tourism in Nanning this year were in vain, as they turned directly into a negative example of safety production in 2025.
A circulated video shows a group of people watching the performance at the scene, when suddenly the decorative wall catches fire, with flames leaping more than two meters high. Initially, people thought it was part of the special effects of the show, but then the fire grew bigger and turned into a raging blaze, causing chaos on the spot as the crowd panicked, screaming and shouting. The netizen commented, “Luckily the crowd wasn’t particularly crowded, otherwise the consequences could have been unimaginable.”
Following the incident, the Nanning Fire Department reported that the fire was quickly extinguished, with no casualties. However, the specific cause of the fire was not disclosed in the report.
The Iron Flower Performance in Nanning is a traditional fireworks show loved by the local people. Public information indicates that the Iron Flower, also known as the Iron Tree, is mainly created by striking high-temperature molten iron onto a shed, forming iron flowers over ten meters high, which are then ignited with fireworks and firecrackers.
Apart from Nanning, fires also broke out in Jiangxi, Hubei, Anhui, and other places on New Year’s Eve.
A video posted by netizens shows a house on fire in Tonggu County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. Local netizens mentioned that “two elderly people live in the house.”
In Jianshi Net Market, Hubei Province, a three-story residential building caught fire, with the video showing flames and thick smoke, and local residents reporting that they couldn’t reach the owner by phone, and three households were missing.
Additionally, a fire broke out on the top floor of a building near the South Lake Park in Mingguang, Anhui. The video shows the flames roaring, thick smoke billowing, and many onlookers nearby.