Basement fire at Shanghai Hongqiao airport kills two - People's Daily


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  • Friday, 29 Apr 2016

Passengers walk inside terminal 2 of Shanghai Hongqiao International airport March 16, 2010. China Daily/via REUTERS/File Photo

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A fire in a basement at the Shanghai Hongqiao airport that broke out on Friday and killed two people has been put out, China Central Television (CCTV) said on its microblog, while an airport official said there had been no disruption to flights.

Four people were also injured, CCTV said. It said the fire started underground in a pile of insulation material.

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