11-15-2010, 02:29 PM
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I can't even imagine the horror of a high rise building fire.
At Least 42 Reported Dead in Massive Chinese Skyscraper Fire
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China's official Xinhua News Agency says at least 42 people have died in a Shanghai apartment building fire.
The fire occurred on Monday at a 28-story building that was under renovation. Earlier reports put the toll at at least eight dead and more than 90 injured.
A witness told Xinhua that building materials had caught fire, and the blaze spread to scaffolding and then to the 28-story building itself, which houses a number of retired teachers.
"The smoke was very strong and the glass from the windows was scalding," Survivor Li Xiuyun, 61, who lives in the building, told the Sun.
"My son took off his socks and soaked them with water, and we used them to cover our noses. I stumbled on people on the floor when walking," she said.
The government says more than 80 fire trucks were called to battle the fire, which appeared to have been put out in about six hours.
The city government said that 100 people were rescued, but it was not clear if those included injured people.
A doctor at Shanghai's Jing'an Central Hospital surnamed Zhang said more than 20 seriously hurt people had been admitted for treatment. Most of the survivors had suffered asphyxia from the smoke fumes, another doctor said.
Shanghai state television showed survivors at another hospital in the city, covered in thick blankets as they emerged from a high-pressure oxygen chamber. Many survivors described climbing down the scaffolding to escape.
The state-run news website Eastday.com cited a construction worker surnamed Qian who escaped from the 28th story as saying crews were installing energy-saving insulation when the fire occurred.
At Least 42 Reported Dead in Massive Chinese Skyscraper Fire
China's official Xinhua News Agency says at least 42 people have died in a Shanghai apartment building fire.
The fire occurred on Monday at a 28-story building that was under renovation. Earlier reports put the toll at at least eight dead and more than 90 injured.
A witness told Xinhua that building materials had caught fire, and the blaze spread to scaffolding and then to the 28-story building itself, which houses a number of retired teachers.
"The smoke was very strong and the glass from the windows was scalding," Survivor Li Xiuyun, 61, who lives in the building, told the Sun.
"My son took off his socks and soaked them with water, and we used them to cover our noses. I stumbled on people on the floor when walking," she said.
The government says more than 80 fire trucks were called to battle the fire, which appeared to have been put out in about six hours.
The city government said that 100 people were rescued, but it was not clear if those included injured people.
A doctor at Shanghai's Jing'an Central Hospital surnamed Zhang said more than 20 seriously hurt people had been admitted for treatment. Most of the survivors had suffered asphyxia from the smoke fumes, another doctor said.
Shanghai state television showed survivors at another hospital in the city, covered in thick blankets as they emerged from a high-pressure oxygen chamber. Many survivors described climbing down the scaffolding to escape.
The state-run news website Eastday.com cited a construction worker surnamed Qian who escaped from the 28th story as saying crews were installing energy-saving insulation when the fire occurred.
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