Big Lamp Market Burnt in Beijing
A big blaze hit a Beijing large lamp market at noon yesterday.
The fire reportedly started from the southwestern corner of the big market.
Forty-two fire engines rushed to the scene soon. The fire has been put out.
No specific casualties and property losses were available yet but one of the businessmen at the market who dashed to the scene said that he lost at least two million yuan.
The cause of the fire is now under investigation.
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