1March, 99513rd, a fire broke out in the prosperous shopping mall in Anshan, Liaoning, killing 35 people and burning 18 people. After on-site investigation, the fire was caused by poor contact between the electric heater in the living room of Zhang Wei (manager of shopping mall and hotel) and the power cord, and local overheating ignited the surrounding combustible materials, resulting in direct economic losses of 8.66 million yuan.

Anshan Prosperity Shopping Mall is located in Wudao Street, Renmin Road, Tiexi District, Anshan City, and belongs to the Municipal Commission of Commerce. The shopping mall was built in July, 1977, with a building area of 5,700 square meters. /kloc-0 was expanded again in April, 1992, with a construction area of 6,300 square meters and a total construction area of12,000 square meters. With 6 floors and a height of 23.4 meters, it is a comprehensive shopping center integrating catering, entertainment, shopping and accommodation. The first floor of the mall is home appliances, small department stores, non-staple food department and Athena nightclub; On the second floor is the knitting, shoes and hats, gold jewelry department; The third floor is the clothing department; The fourth floor is the Textile and Sporting Goods Department: on the east side of the fifth and sixth floors are hotel rooms, and on the west side are shopping malls, offices and conference rooms; The basement is Yindu nightclub.