Fire fighters put out fire in a nine-story Yuanxiang Building in the Hanzhengjie Wholesale Market in downtown Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, on Feb. 5, 2009. The fire broke out at about 9:30 a.m. and some burnt and wounded were sent to hospitals.(Chinese media/Xiong Jinchao)
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WUHAN, Feb. 5 (Chinese media) -- At least 10 people were
injured in a fire at a mixed commercial-residential building in downtown Wuhan
City, central China's Hubei Province on Thursday.
Doctors from the Wuhan No.1 Hospital told Chinese media they
had received 10 injured people as of 3 p.m.. One person is in critical
condition.
Most of the injured suffer from smoke inhalation,
doctors said. It is still unknown whether there are any fatalities.
The fire broke out in a plastic products warehouse on
the second floor of the nine-story Yuanxiang Building in the Hanzhengjie
Wholesale Market at about 9:50 a.m. Thursday.
More than 800 fire fighters and 79 fire engines were
dispatched and the fire was put out at 11 p.m. Firefighters were checking the
second and third floors.
The ground, second and third floors are a mix of
stores and warehouses. The rest of the building is residential, with more than
200 households living there. There was a kindergarten on the fourth floor.
Most residents of 177 households were evacuated to
homes of their relatives, while others were accommodated at hotels for free near
the Hanzhengjie Wholesale Market.
Police were investigating the cause of the fire and
assessing the loss.
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