China fire

2022 - 9 - 17

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Fire engulfs office tower in China's Changsha city (CNA)

Preliminary investigations show that the outer wall of the 42-storey China Telecom building caught fire, says Hunan's fire department.

Preliminary investigations showed that the outer wall of the building caught fire, said Hunan's fire department. Advertisement "Thick smoke billowed from the site, and dozens of floors burned ferociously," state broadcaster CCTV reported.

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Major fire engulfs skyscraper in Changsha, central China (The Guardian)

The blaze broke out in a 42-floor building housing an office of the state-owned telecommunications company China Telecom, according to the state broadcaster ...

AFP was not immediately able to verify the footage. A video shared on social media appeared to show dozens of people fleeing the building as flaming debris fell from the upper floors. A later image shared on social media appeared to show that the flames had subsided, as emergency personnel sprayed jets of water on to its charred facade.

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Fire engulfs 42-storey skyscraper in central Chinese city Changsha (South China Morning Post)

Some 280 firefighters sent to blaze in China Telecom building on Friday afternoon.

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Major fire breaks out at 42-story skyscraper in Changsha, China (CNN)

A major fire broke out in a 42-story skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha in Hunan province on Friday.

The Hunan fire department said in a statement on its official Weibo account that it was notified around 3:48 p.m. Authorities said that as of 4:20 p.m. local time (4:20 a.m.

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Fire engulfs skyscraper in central Chinese city (The Washington Post)

The building housed offices of one of the country's largest telecommunications companies, China Telecom.

In June of the same year, a fire at a martial arts school in Henan province killed 18 people, mostly children. “Right now, fixed-lined communication and mobile internet service can be accessed as normal, though the voice function in some mobile phones may be affected. In July last year, a warehouse fire in the northeastern province of Jilin killed at least 15 people and injured at least 25, according to the AFP, citing state media.

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Fire engulfs office tower in southern Chinese city (CNBC)

A massive fire engulfed a high-rise office building in downtown Changsha on Friday afternoon, state media reported.

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