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Shanghai High-Rise Inferno Kills 42

Rescuers save more than 100 from 30-story apartment building

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 15, 2010 4:20 AM CST | Updated Nov 15, 2010 11:27 AM CST

(Newser) – Flames spread through a 30-story Shanghai apartment building today, killing 42 and injuring more than 90, according to the latest reports. Sparked during a building renovation, the fire began on scaffolding before reaching the building. Some 100 people were reported rescued from the blaze, which raged through at least 10 stories and prompted some to jump out windows in an effort to escape. More than 100 fire trucks responded, notes the AP.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, spectators watch an apartment building on fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China, on Monday Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

In this citizen journalism photo acquired by the Associated Press people watch as an apartment building burns in the downtown area of Shanghai. (AP Photo/Karl Loo)

In this citizen journalism photo acquired by the Associated Press an apartment building is on fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China. (AP Photo/Karl Loo)

Rescuers carry away a survivor from an apartment building on fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China, on Monday Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo)

People from another building watch firefighters extinguish fire on an apartment building in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China, on Monday Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, an apartment building is on fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China, on Monday Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Fei)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a person waits for rescue on the apartment building on fire in the downtown area of Shanghai, east China, on Monday Nov. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Xinhua)

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