A fireman inspects the leftover of the
fire scene at Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east
China's Anhui Province, Jan. 6, 2009. One person was confirmed dead and
three others were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday,
the local government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire,
which was put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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dead and three others were injured when a hotel in east China's Anhui Province
caught fire early Tuesday, the local government said.
All the victims were officials
of Changfeng County, about 70 km north of the provincial capital Hefei, a county
government spokesman said.
Firemen inspect the leftover of the fire
scene at Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east China's
Anhui Province, Jan. 6, 2009. One person was confirmed dead and three
others were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday, the
local government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire,
which was put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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Liu Zebin, a senior county official, was suffocated
when his bedroom in Changfeng Hotel caught ablaze at 12:50 a.m., the spokesman
said.
The county chief and a deputy chief were seriously
injured after jumping out their windows on the fourth floor to escape the fire.
Another official suffered mild burns, said the spokesman.
He said none of the officials was native to Changfeng
County. "They were working here under an exchange program for a year or two and
had not brought their families along."
The county government had
therefore arranged their lodging at Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu town at the county
seat, he said.
A fireman inspects the fire scene at
Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east China's Anhui
Province, Jan. 6, 2009. One person was confirmed dead and three others
were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday, the local
government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which was
put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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Other guests and employees of the hotel survived
without injuries.
Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which
was put out in about an hour.
Changfeng is a rural county with
about 800,000 people.
A fireman inspects the fire scene at
Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east China's Anhui
Province, Jan. 6, 2009. One person was confirmed dead and three others
were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday, the local
government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which was
put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2009 shows the
fire scene at Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east
China's Anhui Province. One person was confirmed dead and three others
were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday, the local
government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which was
put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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People clean up the fire scene at
Changfeng Hotel in Shuihu Town of Changfeng County, east China's Anhui
Province, Jan. 6, 2009. One person was confirmed dead and three others
were injured after Changfeng Hotel caught fire early Tuesday, the local
government said. Police are investigating the cause of the fire, which was
put out within an hour. (Chinese media/Li Jian)
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