Amadeus Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Chinese burn: Fire rages at Beijing luxury hotel after fireworks BEIJING -- A new 44-story luxury hotel in downtown Beijing was engulfed in flames today after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during China's biggest holiday. There were no reports of deaths or injuries. The Rem Koolhaas-designed Mandarin Oriental hotel, still under construction, caught fire sometime before 9 p.m. as the skies above the Chinese capital were filled with fireworks -- part of celebrations of the lantern festival that follows the Lunar New Year. The shooting flames sent off huge plumes of black smoke and showered the ground with embers. At least seven fire crews were on the scene, and police held back crowds of onlookers and closed a nearby elevated highway to ensure safety. Video here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/...re/#cnnSTCVideo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Quick, run!! It's going to collapse!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yet another steel framed building survives a major fire without collapsing. Only seem to collapse in NY, weird that huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La_Dolce_Vita Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yet another steel framed building survives a major fire without collapsing. Only seem to collapse in NY, weird that huh? Thsi was definitely not a controlled demolition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 or have a tailess plane fly into it .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yet another steel framed building survives a major fire without collapsing. Only seem to collapse in NY, weird that huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tameelf Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 live the dream wake up lookin like slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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