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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 08:09, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
... that the 1977 Yili fire, the deadliest since the founding of the People's Republic of China, was caused by a special jumping firecracker? Source: "“地老鼠”带着哨音钻进了花圈堆,一股火苗很快蹿了出来." trans. the "ground rat" sprang into the pile of wreaths with a whistle, and very quickly, a fire appeared. [1]"为共和国建国以来单次伤亡最多的火灾事故." trans: the deadliest fire since the founding of the PRC [2] "腾空而起飞" trans: jumped and flew (from description of this type of firecracker)[3]
Created by Gorden 2211 (talk). Self-nominated at 11:13, 19 November 2021 (UTC).
Overall: The article is new enough, long enough, neutral and within policies. No copyright issues is detected. The hook is interesting and is well cited. Exempt from QPQ since it's your first DYK. Good to go! Htanaungg (talk) 10:46, 20 November 2021 (UTC)