January 12, 2019 (2019-01-12) (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2019 Paris explosion
- At least 21 miners die after a roof collapses in a coal mine in Shenmu, China. (BBC News)
- At least 17 are killed and 12 others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Officials said the blaze took hold after patients set mattresses on fire in a bid to escape the facility. (Sky News)
Politics and elections