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Firefighters use illuminating facility to search for survivors on the residential building in the downtown area of Shanghai,frankin marshall, east China,abercrombie, Nov. 16,doudoune moncler, 2010. The death toll of a big fire that engulfed a high-rise building in downtown Shanghai had risen to 53 by 9:20 a.m. Tuesday, local authorities said. More than 70 people injured are being hospitalized.
Residents said the building,abercrombie and fitch, built in the 1990s,piumini moncler, housed mainly teachers from several schools in Jing'an District,louboutin, many of whom were retired.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of a big fire that engulfed a high-rise building in downtown Shanghai had risen to 53 by 9:20 a.m. Tuesday,moncler, local authorities said.
More than 70 people injured in the inferno are being hospitalized.
The cause of the fire remained unknown,louboutin pas cher, but a witness said he saw construction materials burning before the fire climbed up the scaffolding and quickly spread.
Jing'an District government has arranged food and accommodations for fire-affected residents evacuated to nearby hotels.
The 28-story building at the intersection of Jiaozhou Road and Yuyao Road in Jing'an District,abercrombie and fitch, a densely-populated area in Shanghai,abercrombie france, was being renovated when it caught fire at about 2:15 p.m. Monday.
The fire was mostly extinguished at 6:30 p.m. after local authorities dispatched 25 fire units and more than 100 fire engines to the scene. Helicopters were sent to rescue people trapped on the roof.
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