A 42-story skyscraper in Changsha, central China, is entirely engulfed in flames. Let’s take a closer look at the China skyscraper fire and what happened in the 42-story structure.
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Where is the 42-floor skyscraper located?
On Friday, a skyscraper in Changsha, central China, caught fire. No injuries have yet been reported, according to officials.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, China Telecom’s office is housed in a 42-story tower that was the site of the fire.
“Thick smoke billowed from the location as dozens of stories burned violently,” according to CCTV.
The provincial fire service later stated on social media that “the fire has been contained at this time, and we have not yet located any victims.”
What happened at 42-story building in china?
The initial CCTV shot showed orange flames burning through the structure in a crowded section of the city as black smoke soared into the air.
On Friday afternoon, a massive fire overtook a high-rise China Telecom office building in downtown Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, according to CCTV (Sep 16).
According to CCTV, a major fire overtook a high-rise China Telecom office building in downtown Changsha, the capital of China’s southern province of Hunan, on Friday (Sep 16) afternoon.
A later photograph shared on social media purported to show the fire extinguished as rescue crews blasted water jets over the burned facade of the building.
According to a statement issued on social media by China Telecom, the fire at our No. 2 Communications Tower in Changsha was extinguished by 4:30 p.m. today. No communications have been affected, and no casualties have been discovered.
A video surfaced on social media showing hundreds of people fleeing the structure as burning rubble fell from the upper storeys. AFP could not immediately confirm the clip. Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, has a population of roughly 10 million people.
According to CCTV, the 218-meter (715-foot) skyscraper was completed in 2000 and is located near a major ring road.
In China, where poor building code enforcement and widespread unlawful construction make it impossible for people to escape burning structures, tragic fires are common.
What did state media outlets say?
According to official media, a warehouse fire in the northeastern province of Jilin in July of last year killed at least 15 people and injured at least 25 more.
The month before, a fire at a martial arts school in northern Henan province killed 18 people, the majority of whom were youngsters, igniting a debate about fire safety laws.
Another two dozen people died in two fires that broke out in Beijing’s migrant areas in 2017, while 58 people died in a huge fire in Shanghai in 2010.
A skyscraper in southern China caught fire on Friday, with social-media videos showing dozens of stories of the multistory tower block engulfed in flames, despite authorities claiming no injuries had been reported.
A big plume of black smoke enveloped the blue skyline in downtown Changsha, the capital of Hunan province and a population of more than 10 million people, and large things and fragments of rubble were seen falling off the 42-story structure.
The 715-foot-tall China Telecom building “burned with enormous ferocity,” according to state television CCTV.
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As the fire overtook the skyscraper, a video on social media appeared to show hundreds of people fleeing the state-owned corporate building.
The city’s fire service said it dispatched an army of 280 firemen, who were able to immediately extinguish the incident.
“By about 4:30pm today, the fire at our No 2 Communications Tower in Changsha had been extinguished,” China Telecom said in a statement.
“There have been no victims discovered to date, and communications have not been disrupted.”
According to Hunan’s fire service, preliminary investigations revealed that the building’s outside caught fire.
According to CCTV, the China Telecom building was built in 2000 and is located on a major ring road.
