Towering Inferno: Chinese high rise engulfed in flames (VIDEO)
A 28-story building in eastern China became a towering inferno after a fire broke out Tuesday.
Like a scene from a Hollywood movie, flames were captured engulfing the high-rise in downtown Nanjing, which is identified as the Longsheng Building by several media outlets.
Miraculously, there were no casualties.
#BREAKING Huge fire breaks out at a 26-storey skyscraper in downtown Nanjing, E China's Jiangsu, Tuesday afternoonhttps://t.co/xe2zm2g2Ek
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) May 3, 2016
Firefighters were eventually able to bring it under control, according to local news, but the cause is not yet known.
#BREAKING Fire breaks out at Longsheng Building, a skyscraper in downtown Nanjinghttps://t.co/qtVykh69Sg
— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) May 3, 2016
#BREAKING Fire breaks out at Longsheng Building, a skyscraper in downtown Nanjing pic.twitter.com/2leTDlcqxr
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) May 3, 2016
Nanjing, which is 300km (188 miles) from Shanghai on the Yangtze River, is synonymous with the 1937 “rape” of the city (and its citizens) when up to 300,000 people were killed by invading Japanese troops.
Japan threatens to cap UNESCO funding because of Nanjing massacre documents http://t.co/GhIH8eMVoipic.twitter.com/EDimydgxZX
— RT (@RT_com) October 13, 2015
