Video Roundup: CCTV Complex on Fire
Posted on Feb 10, 2009 by Steven Lin | Filed under: UGC
On the night of China’s traditional Lantern Festival, a hotel adjacent to the new China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters in Beijing caught fire. The cause is still under investigation, but it looks as though it was probably fireworks-related. Youku users uploaded lots of videos captured on the spot from different angles in the past few hours. You can find all of them on this search result page.
Here are some shocking clips:
Video news from Dragon TV, Shanghai:
February 10th, 2009 at 1:12 am
we’ve presented it in French: http://www.chine-informations.com/actualite/chine-un-batiment-de-cctv-a-pekin-prend-feu_12332.html
February 10th, 2009 at 4:39 am
[...] Youku Buzz [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 11:13 am
[...] night. No time to write about this in more detail, check Shanghaiist, ChinaSMACK, CNReviews, and Youku Buzz. The cause is unclear but looks to be stray fireworks from the holiday last night. China Daily has [...]
February 11th, 2009 at 11:26 am
[...] Youku Buzz [...]
December 28th, 2009 at 12:37 am
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