Chinese High-Rise Inferno Kills 8, Injures 90
- Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:19am by
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SHANGHAI (AP) — Fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in China’s business center of Shanghai on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring more than 90 and sending some residents racing down scaffolding to escape.
A witness said building materials caught fire, and the blaze spread to scaffolding and then to the 28-story building, which houses a number of retired teachers, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
More than 80 fire trucks were called to battle the blaze, Shanghai state television said, and streams of water could be seen flowing into the building, which appeared to be gutted.
The fire appeared to have been put out about six hours later, and firefighters could be seen taking bodies from the building.
Photos posted online showed a man clinging to the scaffolding. A building resident identified as Mr. Zhou told Hong Kong broadcaster Phoenix TV that he and his wife were napping in their 23rd floor apartment when they smelled smoke. He said they climbed down the scaffolding four stories before being rescued by firefighters.
At one point helicopters could be seen hovering over the building, and witnesses said at least one resident was rescued, but thick smoke hampered further efforts. By evening the helicopters were gone.
The city government said in a statement that 100 people were rescued, but it was not clear if that included the 90 people Xinhua said were hurt in the fire.
A doctor at Shanghai‘s Jing’an Hospital surnamed Zhang said more than 20 seriously hurt people had been admitted for treatment.
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.
Qian said thick, rolling smoke clouds surrounded the building and the room she was in filled with smoke, making it difficult to breathe, the report said. She said she called the city’s emergency hot line and then used a wet towel to cover her mouth and nose as she ran down a fire escape.
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Associated Press researcher Ji Chen in Shanghai and AP writer Gillian Wong in Beijing contributed to this report.
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TakeBackAmerica
Posted on November 18, 2010 at 2:34pmSNOWLEOPARD:
Do you have a job? Ever sleep? Eat? Have sex? How on earth do you have time to read and post to every story on the blaze? Just sayin…..
Report Post »mrfitman
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 6:50amMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm…Why didn’t that building,IMPLODE???and FALL at FREE FALL SPEED???? I guess because, other than WTC buildings?? NO OTHER STEEL structure, IN THE WORLD, has EVER IMPLODED from FIRE?? Curious? 9/11?? Inside job??? You, with your “common sense” brain, decide…
Report Post »Atrocities
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 11:55am@ MRFITMAN – Are you a structural engineer? Do you have access to the building designs of both this Chinese building and the WTC? No you don’t Did a plan crash into the Chinese building? No. Was there burning jet fuel involved? No. So STFU dude! You Alex Jones fan boys are in a class of moronism all your own.
Report Post »Tony Nagy
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 9:49pmThe damage from the planes to the Twin Towers and heat softening the metal support structures of the upper floors caused them to collapse as they did unfortunately. I thank God it was’nt more instantanious. This fire in China is very sad, and unfortuate. I would not wish this on anyone, being burned, This obviously was an accident of some sort. I do not agree, favor or support the Chinese Regime…. Enough said!
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:43pmCOM BIA com bia
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 8:34pmOZCHAMBER , go and light up another joint you mindless passive twit . You should look up the definition “racist ” you simpleton. SS , you need to talk to your mommy or daddy and have them help you write a comment or are they both as OBTUSE as you.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 12:01pmI see your original “F the Chinese” post is now gone. For the record, I didnt flag it. Not my style. My original response speaks for itself as does your vitriolic response to me. My suspicions regarding your reasons for posting are well founded. And regardless of your political persuasions you’d better get your head and your heart right. Try being a problem solver instead of a problem creator. I was at 8/28 and there was none of your poisonous hatred to be found. If we are gonna get through what’s coming, you either gotta leave that baggage behind or we will reject you. Let the other side embrace hatred and violence while we side with God Almighty.
“When everything’s breaking
You are left unshaken
When everything’s tumbling down
You’re the solid ground
Nations could be quaking
Economies failing
When fear is found all around
You’re the solid ground
Our God, You are all that You say You are
Report Post »You never change, You never fail, You never fade
Our God, You are faithful in all Your ways
Forever You stand, forever You reign, forever remain
And we shall not be shaken”
-Matt Redman
FoundersKeeperUSA
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:25pmLook its a tradgedy when anyones loved ones die.With that said to all you who are saying “its wrong to say that” because people are making comments about them.The Chinese people are one of the main reasons we are having a hard time recovering our economy by manipulating there currency.They are a commie country who are about to own us thanks to Obama.They are our main competion now and they want to be number one.Mark my words we will have big problems with China soon.We are completely dependent on them to loan us money and thats a VERY big problem.Cold war 2 is coming.They have been cyber attacking us like crazy already.Wake up!
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:18pmHorrific. Prayers to these Chinese people, and to any other people of any other nationality.
Report Post »AmericanSoldier
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:18pmI never considered being associated with “Truthers” but this thing look destroyed yet it didn’t collapse. The twin towers were built to withstand an airliner to impact it yet collapses in an hour?
I don‘t know what happened in NYC back in 2001 but it just doesn’t feel right to me….
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:23pmDon’t be ridiculous! Did the building get STRUCK dead on near the top by a commercial airliner? Do you know how much fuel was on those planes and how HOT that fire got? It MELTED the steel girders causing them to collapse. Geez, no comparison and why would you EVER believe that ANYONE here would go to SO much trouble to cause that much damage, work with so many terrorists and kill so many Americans? You’re alll NUTS!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:29pmThank you EQUAL I was just getting ready to saddle up that horse and ride it.
Report Post »American soldier, shame on you.
Catherine A.
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:04pmTry actually READING the story. The firefighters PUT OUT THE FIRE. It didn’t have a chance to collapse. And ditto Equal’s observation that no one poured fuel into the building.
Report Post »Captain Courrageous
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 6:50pmMaybe you didnt have 10,000 gallons of JET FUEL here stoking this fire to 2000 degrees F. DUH!
Quit being such a CLUELESS DUMBASS.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:18pmI agree with you but those who have honest questions almost have to keep it to ourselves because of fear. I have questions – I am not saying that the government did anything – I am just saying that those Towers shouldn’t have fallen as soon and as fast as they did because of they way they were built. They were the latest and greatest in structional engineering when they were built and yet they collapsed and they collapsed faster than the laws of physics. Even members of the 911 Commission and family members have questions and want the investigation to be opened again and no one listens.
Report Post »http://maboulette.wordpress.com
KenInIL
Posted on November 16, 2010 at 9:04am@Equaljustice WTC Building 7 was not struck by a plane! Here is a video series on WTC7 collapse:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DiEuJimaumW4
EqualJustice
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:17pmAHH, I had a flash back of people jumping from the Twin Towers.. how awful. :( There are some very cruel posts here and they do NOT represent those who support Glenn Beck or The Blaze. We are compassionate people and do not want other innocent human beings to suffer. You should be ashamed of yourselves for coming here to post such hate. Maybe some of you are TRYING to make us look bad? Nah, the left would never do anything like that. Prayers for the victims.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:12pmSome of us on the left don’t do that – but we get treated with such disrespect on this site. I don’t believe that is what Glenn wanted when he started this site. I think he wanted a site with good journalism and mature dialog and debate but that doesn’t happen here. Especially if you are on the left – I have been treated as less than a human because and only because I have opinions or ideas that are different from most here – and at times I even agree and I am still treated badly. I guess my mother raised me differently – I was taught to treat everyone with respect no matter who they are or what they believe. This site gives the Tea Party a very bad name. http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:34pmNote: Fire did not collapse this skyscraper onto itself! This was certainly a much more serious fire than any of the World Trade Center fires. Building 7 had a couple of fires on disparate floors and it still collapse – tho 20 minutes late as I remember. LMAO.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:22pmThat’s because China is a free and open society and the USA has been
Report Post »taken over by powers far worse than the communist.
The Bank of England through the Federal Reserve Private banking system.
WTC 7 held the trading records for Enron.
Are there any Zion bankers in China ?
walkwithme1966
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:06pmActually building 7 collapsed faster than the laws of physics after being on fire for 6 or more hours – it is a mystery to me!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:16pm@HOUSENEGRO AND JOHNNYP,
Report Post »Blaming the repressed citizens of China for their Communist rulers is even more absurd than blaming you for ours. At the very least it can be said that a majority of the voters selected Obama to lead the U.S. Tiannamen Square ring any bells? Last I heard they were all Chinese too. I suppose racist idiots like yourselves believe they should’ve died also? If you even are a genuine Constitutionalist/Tea Partier/Beck listener then you are a disgrace to the movement and your mindset is rejected by the vast majority. My guess is you are a commie serial poster designed to perpetrate the racist tea party myth the MSM loves to promote. Hey, did you wear any SS memorabilia to a tea party event and let your buddies at Huffington Post snap some shots?
HouseNegro
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:54pmOz you need to try decafe. And it never fails the racist allways throws the stone. Dude you just gave yourself away LMAO………………….
EqualJustice
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:19pmSickos need to go back to their home base.. the Huffy Po – Arianna is calling. Nasty,mean people.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:23pm@HN
Report Post »Look, we all know you are a troll and that the stuff you spew here would be asked to leave a teaparty, Even so, you could at least try to make some sense in your posts. Yes, the racist throws the stone and it seems you were the very first to do it, weren’t you? Aren’t you so pleased and proud.
HouseNegro
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 4:29pmJust found two more lol…..
seanpatriot
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:08pm不要接觸我的陰莖 , ok
Report Post »seanpatriot
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:06pm不要接觸我的破爛物 <—– that says dont touch my junk in chinese
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:30amNow just a billion to go. Somebody light a match…………..
untameable-kate
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:07pmNow, now, play nice.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:49pmYou are my favorite HOUSENEGRO.
Report Post »Catherine A.
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:01pmFor all of you who think this is funny, please find another site to troll. My little niece is Chinese and when I think of her as the object of your hatred it makes me sick. It’s hatred like this that killed four little girls in Birmingham in 1963.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:30amHorrible. I hope the injured survive. This reminds me of the renovation Obama has undertaken on our Republic.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 11:27amMy gosh, I can’t even imagine how horrible it would be to be on one of the higher floors with no way to escape (remember 9/11)! It must be absolutely hoorible for the families and the surviviors. God help them all.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:15pmGod be with those people who survived and with the families of all that were involved.
Report Post »Big Bob
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 12:58pmI wonder how hot the flames were and how long it took before it collapsed.
john seven eighteen
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 1:19pm@Bob
Who would they blame it on then? There aren’t too many Muslims in China?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 2:38pmThis leads me to a question – how did this building burn for what 6 hours and not collapse? Just wondering! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
tower7femacamp
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:17pmFires burn HOTTER in NY city the official story on tower 7 was a fire caused it’s
Report Post »collapse, Hell even Gerardo Rivera doesn’t believe that. But hey you decide for yourself
10 seconds is all you need to see this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A
why not the building in China ? they must really know how to build them over there.