Death toll in skyscraper blaze hits 42

Viva_La_Revolution

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Mon Nov-15-10 11:34 AM
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Death toll in skyscraper blaze hits 42

Source: msnbc

SHANGHAI, China — Flames engulfed a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai on Monday, killing 42 people, injuring dozens more and forcing some residents to jump from their windows to escape, according to reports.

The building in the Jing'an District of the Chinese city was being renovated when a fire broke out at 2 p.m. local time (1 a.m. ET), the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40190224/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

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Mon Nov-15-10 01:13 PM
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6. +1

I hear you.

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Mon Nov-15-10 01:32 PM
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7. Ghoulish.

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DCKit

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Mon Nov-15-10 11:42 AM
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3. Jebus, I get the bamboo scaffolding, but WTF is the building made of? Coal? n/t

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Mon Nov-15-10 11:55 AM
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4. must be...talk about "combustible"...

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Terry in Austin

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Mon Nov-15-10 02:26 PM
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My guess: tacky references to obligatory collapse of skyscrapers that catch fire.

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Mon Nov-15-10 04:01 PM
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9. And your guess would be correct.

I saw them early on and left. Glad to see them deleted as there was no mention (at least in the first two) of compassion or concern for the people injured and killed. I can't imagine being in that kind of situation...

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Mon Nov-15-10 05:28 PM
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10. Ah, but my post still survives!

Not sure how it was taken though..

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