China: 218 meter tall building burnt due to mist, 36 fire tenders deployed on the spot

Incidents of fire in big buildings keep coming to the fore every day. Be it our country or any other, such incidents are seen everywhere. Now today a similar incident has been seen in China where a huge fire broke out in a skyscraper in Changsha city. However, the firefighters have started the rescue work at the spot and the rescue work is going on in full swing. State broadcast CCTV reported, “Dense smoke is billowing from the scene and several dozen floors are burning badly. There is a cloud of smoke in the sky and chaos prevails on the ground.” State media reported that the casualties were The number is ‘currently unknown’.

The fire started around 4.30 pm

According to the information received in this case, this fire broke out in this building around 4.30 pm. The fire spread so fast that many floors of the multi-storey building were engulfed in it. Reports said that the fire has burnt a high-rise building to ashes. The building also housed the office of state-owned telecommunications company China Telecom. A picture released by CCTV showed flames rising from the middle of a building in a built-up area of ​​the city and black smoke billowing into the sky. Fire brigade teams also arrived immediately on the spot and the work of extinguishing the fire was started. It is being told that the fire has been brought under control to some extent, but no input has come out about how many people may be trapped in the building, how many have been evacuated. In such a situation, not one or two but 36 fire tenders are present on the spot to bring out the trapped people in time, while trying their best to control the fire. No clear cause of the fire has been revealed. It is also not clear that what caused such a massive fire, whether there was a short circuit or someone’s negligence, no statement has been given by the officials.

The population of Changsha city is one crore

Hunan’s fire department said preliminary investigations found a fire broke out in the outer wall of the 42-story building. With this, it was told that at present the fire has been extinguished and no casualty has been reported. Let us tell you that the population of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, is about one crore. The fire was visible from afar as the building was very tall. Not only this, the smoke of the fire was going up as if a volcano had erupted. Concerns have increased regarding the safety of people caught in the fire in this high-rise building.

36 fire trucks and 280 fire fighters are at work

According to media reports, 36 fire trucks and 280 firefighters have been deployed at the spot to douse the fire completely. It is being told that the building in which the fire broke out was constructed in the year 2000. At that time it was the tallest building in Changsha city with a height of 218 meters. There are a total of 42 floors in this building, two floors are also underground. A video posted on social media by a local news outlet also showed that the outside of the tower was completely blackened. It can be clearly seen in the video that the building is completely burning from one side. In view of this, there is a danger of the entire building collapsing.