Mar 04 2009
CCTV Headquarters (TVCC) after Fire
The TVCC building was burned on the night of traditional Lantern festival which marks the ending of this year’s Chinese New Year celebration period by illegal fireworks.
CCTV workers at the new site said they had received a text message inviting them to a grand fireworks display at 8 p.m. outside the nearly-completed building. But the fire spread through the building that houses CCTV facilities as well as the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
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