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Shops gutted in midnight shopping mall fire in downtown Beijing

SEVERAL shops were destroyed in a shopping mall fire early today in downtown Beijing with no casualties reported, sources with the local government said. The fire broke out at around 1:45 a.m. in a food shop at... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, Jun 14 2009

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14 Jun 09 visit Shops gutted in midnight shopping mall fire in downtown Beijing  »  People's Daily Several shops were destroyed in a shopping mall fire early Sunday in downtown Beijing with no casualties reported, sources with the local government said. The fire broke out at around 1:45 a.m. in a food shop at the first floor of Xidan Shopping...
19 Nov 08 visit Fire breaks out in NE China shopping mall, no casualties reported  »  People's Daily A fire broke out in a shopping mall in downtown Qiqihar, northeastern Heilongjiang Province right after Wednesday noon, according to local government. No casualties have been reported so far, local government said. Hundreds of people were...
08 May 07 visit Fire Destroys 200 Clothes Shops in Inner Mongolia  »  china.org.cn More than 200 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire at a shopping mall in Baotou City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a government spokesman said Monday.
07 May 07 visit Blaze destroys shops in Baotou  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 200 shops were destroyed in an early morning fire at a shopping mall in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a government spokesman said yesterday.
21 Sep 09 visit Bus catches fire in downtown Beijing, with no fatalities  »  People's Daily One bus plying route No.17 in Beijing caught fire and burned down at a road crossing near Puhuangyu, downtown Beijing, early Monday, said local sources. As of 7:50 a.m. the debris was took away and the disrupted traffic returned normal as of 7:50...

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