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2 killed, 5 injured in construction site fire at T1 of Hongqiao airport
From:Shanghai Daily  |  2016-04-29 12:36

TWO were killed and five others injured including 2 heavily in a fire which broke out early this morning at a construction site at Hongqiao Airport's T1 terminal, the city's publicity authority announced.

Authorities confirmed that the fire broke out about 7:10am today at the construction site, killing two. Five others were injured, including two heavily and three slightly. They had all been rushed to hospital.

The fire has been brought under control by 8am while the cause of the fire is still under investigation, said the publicity authority.

The construction project was ongoing to revamp the T1 complex to raise operational capacity of the airport.

Authority said the fire had caused no impact on the operation of T1 at the airport by far.

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