Taitaishan Theme Park in Shanxi, China, 2020
On October 2, 2020, a fire broke out at the Taitaishan Theme Park in Shanxi, China in what was the first of an eight-day national holiday in the country. The fire reportedly took out an exhibition hall full of snow sculptures and ice lanterns, and 15 people sustained injuries and had to be rushed to the hospital. 13 others were not so lucky and did not survive. The incident forced the Ministry of Emergency Management to ask that local authorities examine all tourist spots so that something like this doesn’t happen again.