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Wuhan downtown blaze put out, no death reported
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-08 19:48
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 Heavy smokes spew out of a blazed building in downtown Wuhan, captial of central China's Hubei province Friday January 8, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
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WUHAN: About 200 fire-fighters succeeded in putting out a blaze in a mixed commercial-residential building in downtown Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province Friday.
The fire occurred in the second to sixth storeys of the 23-storey Qiaofang building, a fire-fighter said.
No casualties were reported.
The fire was reported at about 10 a.m. and was under control by 2:30 p.m., he said.
The first storey was occupied by shops and the second to sixth storeys were storage areas, with apartments from the seventh floor up.
The police are investigating the cause of the fire.
