The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_61st_Regiment_Farm_fire" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire">Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire</a> started during Chinese New Year when a firecracker ignited memorial wreaths of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Mao_Zedong" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Death and state funeral of Mao Zedong">late Mao Zedong</a>, killing 694 personnel.<sup about="#mwt37" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"1995a"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1995a-5"}}' id="cite_ref-1995a_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_18#cite_note-1995a-5" id="mwAQI" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQM">[5]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt41" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"fo"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-fo-6"}}' id="cite_ref-fo_6-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_18#cite_note-fo-6" id="mwAQQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQU">[6]</span></a></sup> It remains the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fireworks_accidents_and_incidents" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of fireworks accidents and incidents">deadliest fireworks accident</a> in the world.