Chinese police have arrested 14 suspects in a crackdown on an ivory trading ring, the public security bureau in Hebei Province's Hengshui City said on Tuesday.
Ivory products seized from the suspects were estimated to be worth more than one million (...)
Two people have been confirmed dead and four others went missing after their boat capsized in water of a wetland park in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said Friday.
Police aided with professional water rescuers are still searching (...)
One person was injured and another 12 are missing after a factory blast in north China's Tangshan, Hebei Province Friday.
The blast took place at 11:25 a.m. in a chemical plant in Tangshan City. The plant mainly produces water-proof explosives for (...)
Eleven people who had direct contact with chicken infected with H5N2 avian influenza virus are in quarantine on Monday in north China's Hebei Province, according to local government.
So far none have shown any symptoms nor been confirmed as infected (...)
Areas within 3 km of a farm in north China's Hebei Province, the site of an H5N2 bird flu outbreak in poultry, were confirmed to have been sealed off, according to local government.
The disease killed 4,000 chickens raised at the farm in Baoding (...)
At least eight people were killed and another two remain trapped after an agricultural product warehouse under construction collapsed on Thursday in north China's Hebei Province, authorities said on Friday.
Rescuers pulled nine people from the (...)
AlQa'dah 26, 1434, Oct 2, 2013, SPA -- Sixteen people remained missing as of Wednesday morning after a factory building collapsed on Monday in north China's Hebei Province, according to rescue headquarters.
Over 200 rescuers were excavating debris (...)
AlQa'dah 24, 1434, Sep 30, 2013, SPA -- Sixteen people have been buried after a factory building collapsed on Monday in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
The obsolete building near the village of Houshan in Wuan City collapsed (...)
Eleven people die due to carbon monoxide poisoning after a forcing fan caught fire under a coal mine in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said Friday.
The accident occurred at 8 p.m. on Thursday in a coal mine in Huailai County of (...)
Fifteen birds, including a rare stork, have been found dead in north China's Hebei Province, a local forestry bureau official said Friday.
Remains of the birds were found near a salt field in Leting County on Thursday after a bird protection (...)
AlQa'dah 21, 1433, Oct 7, 2012, SPA -- The death toll has climbed to three after an explosion triggered probably by illegal manufacturing and storage of detonators at a residential building in north China.
The accident that happened at around 3 p.m. (...)
A coal mine fire killed five people in north China's Hebei province Friday morning, according to the Hebei Administration of Work Safety.
The accident occurred in the Jiazhuang Coal Mine in Jingxing county. A preliminary investigation indicated (...)
Three people have been killed and five others injured by gas leak in a steel plant in north China's Hebei province, local authorities told Xinhua Friday.
The accident happened at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday at Puyang Steel Co., Ltd. in the city of (...)
More than 2,000 people are struggling to put out a forest fire that has been raging on a mountain to the northeast of Beijing, local authorities said Tuesday.
Steep hills, strong winds and poor telecommunications have added difficulty to efforts to (...)
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and 43 others injured after an explosion ripped through a chemical plant in north China's Hebei province Tuesday morning, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
The accident happened at around 9:30 a.m. (...)
Six people were dead and two others injured in a geothermal plant explosion in north China's Hebei province Saturday afternoon, local authorities said.
The blast occurred at around 3:00 p.m. in a residential area in the city of Shenzhou, Xinhua (...)
Nine people were killed and three others injured in a road accident Saturday morning in north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
The accident happened at about 6:20 a.m. on the National Highway 102 near the coastal city of Qinhuangdao, (...)
Awwal 09, 1432 / April 13, 2011, SPA -- A forest fire broke out Tuesday noon in north China's Hebei Province, with over 7,000 mu (466.66 hectares) of forest burnt as of Wednesday noon, local authorities said.
The fire broke out at the border area (...)
Drought continues to plague many parts of China, with tens of thousands suffering water shortages and millions of others affected.
Since October, little rain has fallen in several provinces including Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Shanxi and (...)
Seven bodies were recovered after a cargo loaded with 3,000 tonnes of sand sank on the Bohai Sea off north China's Hebei Province, local authorities said.
The vessel from the coastal city of Penglai in Shandong Province sank at about 5 a.m.. The (...)
Six people were confirmed dead after a gas pipeline leak Monday in north China's Hebei Province, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
The accident occurred at around 8:30 a.m. at the Shunda Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Neiqiu County, when (...)
A boiler in a family factory in north China"s Hebei Province exploded Wednesday, leaving three dead and three others injured, Xinhua quoted local government as saying.
The explosion in the plywood factory killed one and injured five on the scene (...)
Six workers were killed and another one was injured in a carbon monoxide poisoning case in north China's Hebei Province, Xinhua quoted an official with the local government as saying.
The accident occurred at 9:30 p.m. Friday when two workers were (...)
Eight people died in an explosion at former steel plant workshop Sunday in north China's Hebei province, Xinhua quoted the local government as saying.
The explosion occurred at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday in Laiyuan county, said a county government (...)
Authorities in north China's Hebei Province said Tuesday three people died when a building in Shijiazhuang City toppled in the wake of torrential rains early Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
The death toll is expected to rise as more than a dozen people (...)