On this day, 31 years ago, on December 8, 1994 (November 6, 1994, the lunar calendar), a major fire broke out in Karamay, Xinjiang. On the afternoon of December 8, 1994, the "Two Basics"(basically popularizing nine-year compulsory education and basically eliminating illiteracy among young and middle-aged people) evaluation and acceptance team of the Education Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region went to Karamay City to inspect the work. The Education Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region organized primary and secondary school students to hold a report performance for the acceptance team at the Friendship Museum. Some primary and secondary school students, teachers, staff members of the acceptance team and local leaders, a total of 796 people came to the museum to participate in the activities. At about 18:20, the No. 7 light pillar lamp above the stage burned the nearby gauze curtain, causing the curtain to catch fire. The fire spread rapidly. About a minute later, the wires were shorted and the lights went out. A large amount of toxic and harmful gases were produced after the burning of various flammable materials in the theater., causing people to be burned or suffocated, causing extremely heavy casualties. A total of 325 people died, including 288 primary and secondary school students, 37 cadres, teachers and staff, and 130 were injured and hospitalized. According to investigation, the Friendship Museum where the fire broke out seriously violated fire safety management regulations. There were many fire hazards in the museum. In September 1994, during a collective event, the museum had a fire danger. Due to timely rescue, fortunately, it did not lead to disaster. However, all this has never attracted the attention of the person in charge of the museum and the leaders of the Trade Union and Culture and Art Center of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, the unit in charge, and no effective measures have been taken to eliminate fire hazards in a timely manner. The museum's leaders also dispatched the only two electricians in the museum. During the performance, people without an electrician's operating certificate were on duty instead of the electricians. On the day of the performance, only one door leading to the outside of the theater was opened, and the staff on duty in the museum left their posts without permission and failed to open the safe passage in time. As the organizers and organizers of this event, individual leaders in charge of the Education and Training Center of the Karamay City Education Commission and the Education and Training Center of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau did not consider and inspect safety issues in advance, and did not promptly and effectively command the evacuation of people inside the site after the fire broke out. This was a serious dereliction of duty. Relevant leaders of the "two-foundation" evaluation and acceptance team of Karamay City, Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau and the Autonomous Region Education Commission also bear unshirkable leadership responsibility for the fire. Those directly responsible for the accident were Tang Jian, Deputy Director of the Croatia Municipal Education Commission, Kuang Li, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Croatia Municipal Education Commission, Sun Yong, Director of the Trade Union Culture and Art Center of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, Zhao Zhongzheng, Instructor, Abulaiti Kader, Deputy Director of the Friendship Museum, Zhu Minglong, Chief of the General Education Section of the Croatia Municipal Education Commission, and Zhao Zheng, Deputy Chief of the Friendship Museum, have been dismissed from administrative positions, expelled from the party, and arrested in accordance with the law; Cai Zhaofeng, Director and Instructor of the Friendship Museum, and Chen Huijun, a duty officer of the Friendship Museum, have been detained on criminal charges; Liu Zhuying and Nusrati, staff members on duty at the Friendship Hall, have been detained for review; Fang Tianlu, deputy director of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, has been removed from his administrative position, expelled from the party, and transferred to the judicial authorities for further review; Yue Lin, vice chairman of the Kashmiri Federation of Trade Unions and vice chairman of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau Trade Union, has also been transferred to the judicial authorities for further review, and relevant departments have recommended that the trade union remove him from his position as vice chairman. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation made separate decisions on handling relevant personnel who committed serious bureaucratic mistakes and were responsible for the catastrophic fire accident: Xie Hong was removed from his posts as director of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau and director of the Safety Committee, member of the Standing Committee and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Administration Bureau, and member of the Standing Committee and deputy secretary of the Karamay Municipal Party Committee, and recommended that the Autonomous Region People's Congress remove him from the post of deputy director of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Tang Jian, Secretary of the Karamay Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, was given a severe warning within the party; Niyaz-Abdura, deputy director of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, and Liu Dong, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Education Commission and head of the "Two Basics" evaluation and acceptance team, were given administrative demotion and dismissal of positions within the party; Zhang Huatang, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Karamay City People's Congress, was given a one-year probation and recommended that the Croatian Municipal People's Congress remove him from his post as deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress; Ablai Haiti Kayumu, chairman of the Kazakh Federation of Trade Unions and chairman of the Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, was revoked from his party position and recommended that he be removed from his post as trade union chairman.