Toll from inferno at Shanghai high-rise building jumps to 42

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Toll from inferno at Shanghai high-rise building jumps to 42

2010-11-15 23:07:42 GMT+7 (ICT)

SHANGHAI, CHINA (BNO NEWS) -- The death toll following a massive fire at a skyscraper in the Chinese city of Shanghai rose to 42 on late Monday evening, state-run media reported.

The blaze broke out at approximately 2 p.m. local time on the scaffolding of the residential high-rise but quickly spread to the building itself and eventually put all 30 floors on fire. Hours later, at around 7 p.m. local time, the blaze was mostly extinguished.

The state-run Xinhua news agency later reported that at least 42 people had been killed. The agency earlier reported that 90 people also had been injured.

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