Shanghai skyscraper is towering inferno

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Towering inferno of Shanghai: 40 dead as 28-storey apartment block is engulfed in flames
15th November 2010

At least 40 people have been killed by a blazing fire in a high-rise residential building in the business centre of Shanghai, on the east coast of China. A further 90 people were also injured in the incident, which took place at 2pm local time (6am GMT) today in the Jingan district.

Building materials caught fire, and the blaze spread to scaffolding and then to the 28-storey building, home to retired teachers, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. More people could have been hurt, but the 28-storey apartment block was being renovated.

More than 80 fire trucks were scrambled to battle the inferno, which engulfed the entire building with flames and smoke. And eye-witnesses reported seeing people jumping from windows to escape the flames, while others could be seen clinging to the badly burnt scaffolding. One resident said that he and his wife were asleep in their 23rd floor apartment when they smelled smoke. He said they climbed down the scaffolding four storeys before being rescued by firefighters.

Workmen were installing energy-saving insulation when the fire broke out. City officials said 100 people were rescued, but it was not clear if that included the 90 who were injured. Those hurt in the fire were taken to the Jingan district hospital for treatment. A doctor at the hospital said more than 20 seriously hurt people had been admitted for treatment.

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All the comment pages about this video are talking about how this building burned so much and yet didn't fall, as on 9/11. Apparently that's more important than the people killed and injured.

[SpursFan1902]

Absolutely horrifying...

[btaylo24]

bloody hell, looks terrible.....