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Fire rages at Beijing luxury hotel after fireworks: This video captured the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Beijing caught in flames. The hotel, which is next to new CCTV headquarters building, went up in flames Monday just after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during the last day of the Chinese Lunar New Year (Lantern Festival, Yuan Xiao Jie). There are more videos after the jump.


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Last day of Chinese NY. Massive fire took place at Central Business District in Beijing, next to new CCTV headquarters building.

An unfinished luxury hotel, next door to China Central Television's landmark headquarters in downtown Beijing, went up in flames Monday just after being showered with sparks from fireworks set off during a holiday celebration.

There were no reports of deaths or injuries resulting from the fire.

This next video caught the fire at the start which spread very quickly!


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The Mandarin Oriental hotel caught fire sometime before 9 p.m. (1300 GMT) as the skies above the Chinese capital were filled with exploding fireworks — part of celebrations of the lantern festival that follows the Lunar New Year.

The entire hotel building was engulfed in flames, sending off huge plumes of black smoke and showering the ground below 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....

This video was filmed from the west side of the North CCTV Building. A lot of the noise from the fireworks as it was the same night as Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao Jie).


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