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Tens of thousands of people flocked to the charred frame of a 28-story Shanghai apartment building on Sunday to mourn the 58 people who died in the Nov 15 fire, which has been blamed on lax oversight and illegal practices. Sunday was the seventh day after the fire, an important day in China's traditional mourning process which lasts up to seven weeks.
A man prays for victims killed in an apartment block blaze, at the entrance of the building, in Shanghai Nov 21, 2010.[Photo/Agencies]  People hold flowers as they mourn victims of an apartment block blaze in Shanghai Nov 21, 2010. |
 Residents mourn for their relatives at the entrance of the burnt apartment building in Shanghai Nov 21, 2010. |
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 Yu Zhengsheng (center), secretary of the Shanghai municipal committee of the Communist Party of China, and Han Zheng (second right), mayor of Shanghai, attend a memorial ceremony for the 58 victims of the high-rise blaze near the site of the Nov 15 tragedy.
A man lies flowers for the victims of an apartment block blaze in Shanghai Nov 21, 2010. |
Luo Lin, head of the State Administration of Work Safety, has blamed the tragedy on unlicensed welders, illegal multi-layered sub-contracting and poor management. Shanghai police have detained 12 people in connection with the fire. |
