{"id":53712,"date":"2017-12-01T05:59:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53712"},"modified":"2017-12-01T05:59:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T05:59:11","slug":"skyscraper-fire-kills-10-in-northern-chinese-city-of-tianjin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/skyscraper-fire-kills-10-in-northern-chinese-city-of-tianjin.html","title":{"rendered":"Skyscraper fire kills 10 in northern Chinese city of Tianjin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Skyscraper fire kills 10 in northern Chinese city of Tianjin<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A skyscraper fire in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed 10 and injured five early on Friday, state media reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The fire broke out around 4 a.m. on the 38th floor of a serviced apartment building near the city centre, the official Xinhua news agency said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Xinhua said the fire had been extinguished and that early indications were that the blaze was caused by interior decorating materials used in a renovation catching fire. State broadcaster CCTV said renovation workers working on site were among the casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Fire safety has come under scrutiny in China after a deadly blaze last month killed 19 in the far southern fringe of Beijing, which has led to citywide evictions seen by some people as unfairly targeting the vulnerable underclass.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Tianjin party secretary Li Hongzhong said authorities would carry out citywide fire safety inspections in response to Friday\u2019s blaze, the official Tianjin Daily reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/china-fire\/skyscraper-fire-kills-10-in-northern-chinese-city-of-tianjin-idINKBN1DV3LP<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/skyscraper-fire-kills-10-in-northern-chinese-city-of-tianjin.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skyscraper fire kills 10 in northern Chinese city of Tianjin A skyscraper fire in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin killed 10 and injured five early on Friday, state media reported. 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