
Fire engines cordon off the surrounding area as the unfinished Mandarin Oriental hotel is engulfed in flames next to the iconic CCTV (China Central Television) Centre in Beijing, China, 09 February 2009. The fire started around 9pm as fireworks were erupting all around the city on the final day of the Spring Festival holiday celebrations. No reports of injuries have been made yet from the 44 storey conflagration. The hotel, like the next door CCTV centre, was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW

The unfinished Mandarin Oriental hotel is engulfed in flames next to the iconic CCTV (China Central Television) Centre in Beijing, China 09 February 2009. The fire started around 9pm as fireworks were erupting all around the city on the final day of the Spring Festival holiday celebrations. No reports of injuries have been made yet from the 44 storey conflagration. The hotel, like the next door CCTV centre, was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW

The unfinished Mandarin Oriental hotel is engulfed in flames next to the iconic CCTV (China Central Television) Centre in Beijing, China 09 February 2009. The fire started around 9pm as fireworks were erupting all around the city on the final day of the Spring Festival holiday celebrations. No reports of injuries have been made yet from the 44 storey conflagration. The hotel, like the next door CCTV centre, was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW

Bystanders watch as the unfinished Mandarin Oriental hotel is engulfed in flames next to the iconic CCTV (China Central Television) Centre in Beijing, China, 09 February 2009. The fire started around 9pm as fireworks were erupting all around the city on the final day of the Spring Festival holiday celebrations. No reports of injuries have been made yet from the 44 storey conflagration. The hotel, like the next door CCTV centre, was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW
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