China Skyscraper Engulfed in Major Fire; Videos Show Scary Incident

On Friday, a large fire broke out at a 42-story skyscraper in the Hunan province city of Changsha in central China.

According to the authorities Chinese state channel CCTV reported that the fire had been extinguished and that no confirmed injuries had occurred as of local time 4:20 am ET.

China Skyscraper Fire Videos Show Building Engulfed in Flames

In a statement posted to its official Weibo account, the Hunan fire department stated that it received the call at approximately 3:48 pm a fire had started in the China Telecom Building in the city's Furong District at that hour.

According to the statement, Changsha Fire and Rescue sent out 36 fire engines and 280 firefighters to the spot.

According to the report, preliminary inspection revealed that the building's exterior wall was on fire. Videos that went viral on social media on Friday showed the building, which is 218 meters (715 feet) tall according to the fire service, engulfed in flames, as per CNN.

Per The Independent, the provincial capital of China's Hunan region is Changsha. According to World Population Review, an impartial organization that compiles population data from all around the world, it has 4.8 million inhabitants as of 2022.

Social media videos appeared to show a large number of people escaping the state-owned firm building as the skyscraper caught fire. The city's fire service reported sending an army of 280 firefighters, who were successful in promptly putting out the fire.

Fatal Fires in China Occur Since June

According to CCTV, the China Telecom building was finished in 2000 and is next to a significant ring road. In the Far East, fatal fires frequently occur, and in June, smoke covered Shanghai after a chemical plant fire claimed one life.

Before firemen could put out the fire at the World Trade Center in Hong Kong in December 2021, more than 300 people were trapped on the roof and 13 people were hurt.

In Osaka, Japan, a psychiatric clinic experienced a massive fire that same month that killed 26 people and injured one more. The fire was thought to have been intentionally lit, and on December 30, the suspected arsonist passed away from his burn injuries.

In the southern port city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan in October 2021, a 13-story skyscraper caught fire, killing 46 people. Locals called it a "ghost building" since it was once a thriving structure that was now occupied by squatters.

Since 64 people were killed in a karaoke club in the capital city of Taichung in 1995, this building fire in Taiwan has become the country's bloodiest incident. People may find it challenging to flee burning buildings in China due to lax enforcement of building regulations and frequent unauthorised construction, Newsweek via MSN reported.

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