Flames engulf skyscraper in China | USA TODAY

The fire that engulfed a skyscraper in China has been extinguished. There are no reports of casualties.

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36 comments

  1. No casualties? I think if there were, they’d never say. Which adds a sickening dimension to such tragic events. I wonder how this fire started and managed to spread like this? How long did it take to spread? What are the chances of fires like this happening in other big cities around the world? Which buildings are fire hazards and why have/haven’t these reports and examinations been done and then made public? How safe is Dubai? I have so many questions and most of them with regards to this issue are never answered by the news media. I don’t know where to go for reliable information anymore: the MSM and journalists in general are busy with their partisan, immature culture war ‘opinion pieces’ passing for real journalism. Anybody seems to be able to call themselves a journalist these days. Official news outlet home pages that pop up when my laptop turns on are RIDDLED with spelling mistakes and it genuinely looks like everything has been composed by a 14-year-old. Then there’s the clickbait so many news sites have stooped to using. It’s absolutely disgraceful. Where are the grown-ups?! Standards are painfully low, and the canary looks unwell. I trust nothing and no-one. Genuine respect is even becoming rare for me in this context. Whan at era. 🤡🌍

    1. It just happend a few hours ago. How come you have the report ready in such an emergency? There is no report now doesn’t mean there will never be. You are full of prejudice. Remind me how many died in Surfside condominium collapse? And how many people they rescued?

  2. Same thing happened in U.K Grenfell Tower, aluminum-magnesium sidings were installed there, 72 people died.
    Building codes worldwide are different now. But zero deaths show China had a planned evacuation in place.

    1. @Lucius Kiirus if you think every thing is sinister, no point arguing with numbers, I say USA have 200K gun deaths a year and loves it too.

  3. Funny thing is, this building didn’t “collapse” like the 3 we saw on 9/11. Fire didn’t bring down World Trade Center 7

  4. So the entire thing is on fire, tell me why it didn’t collapse into its own footprint like a controlled demolition? Apparently, that’s what happens when there’s fire inside skyscrapers.

    1. @ss azerty you are correct how did wtc 7 collapse again, I’m pretty that was the building that everybody forgot about

    2. Add 10,000 liters of jet fuel and the building’s metal frame gets so hot it gets as soft as butter. Big difference between burning furniture and burning jet fuel.

    3. True, building 7 likely didn’t receive any jet fumes and it didn’t get slammed into by a jumbo jet, although, was burning all day long. Firemen couldn’t get to it. The building was quickly evacuated. Therefore all the attention was focused on digging survivors out of the rubble. Also, I watched it on TV into the early afternoon, PDT, Then I saw it several hours later while on lunch break at work. It was very late in the day in New York. The building was weakening and it collapsed right there in front of my eyes.

  5. WTH? Where’s the fire suppression system? That’s unbelievable. What kind of fire code let’s a high rise go up like that? I truly hope the authorities aren’t lying about there being no casualties.

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