A fire brigade in China. File photoBEIJING, Sep 16 A 40-story China Telecom building caught fire in the Chinese city of Changsha, the local fire department said on the Sina Weibo social networking site. 48 Moscow time — Ed.), the Changsha fire and rescue service received a message about the fire of a China Telecom multi-storey building,» the statement said. It is specified that the structure with a height of 218 meters has 42 floors above and two floors underground. According to preliminary data, the fire broke out from the outside of the building. 17 fire departments, 36 vehicles and 280 rescuers were involved in extinguishing. There is no information about the injured and victims yet. According to China Central Television, thick smoke is now pouring out of the building, several dozen floors have burned down.
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