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Around 2,000 people evacuated from UN headquarters after fire alarm

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-07-19 10:11
Around 2,000 people evacuated from UN headquarters after fire alarm

Around 2,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday from the United Nations headquarters complex in New York City after a fire alarm went off in one of the fan rooms in the second basement. [Photo/Xinhua]

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