A massive fire broke out at a skyscraper in the Chinese city of Changsha, state media reported Friday, with no reports of casualties. Thick smoke is coming out from the place and there is a huge fire in this big building. Huge fire in a huge building in China, fire brigade started rescue work.
BEIJING: A massive fire broke out at a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media reported on Friday, with no reports of casualties. State broadcaster CCTV reported that thick smoke was coming out of the place and a huge fire had broken out in this large building. Firefighters are said to have started dousing the fire and rescue operations at the scene. Huge fire in a huge building in China, fire brigade started rescue work.
The fire engulfed a high-rise building housing the offices of state-owned telecommunications company China Telecom, the report said. A video released by CCTV shows the fire in a building in a built-up area of the city.
A major fire has broken out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media have reported, adding that the number of casualties is currently unknown.
“Thick smoke is spewing from the site, and several dozen floors are burning ferociously,” the state broadcaster CCTV reported.
“Firefighters have begun work to extinguish the flames and conduct rescues at the scene,” it added.
The blaze engulfed a tall building that housed an office of state-owned telecommunications company China Telecom, the report said.
A photograph released by CCTV showed flames searing through the building in a built-up area of the city, as black smoke billowed into the sky.
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A video posted on social media by a local news outlet appeared to show the outside of the tower charred black.
Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, has a population of about 10 million.
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