School fire extinguished in NE China, no casualties reported Smoke billows from a building in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Chan...
School fire extinguished in NE China, no casualties reported
Smoke billows from a building in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
Firefighters spray water to extinguish a fire on a building in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
Firefighters spray water to extinguish a fire on a building in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
Firefighters work at a fire site in Jilin Provincial Experimental School in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, June 10, 2012. The fire broke out in a building of the school at about 2:00 p.m. of local time Sunday. The fire has been put out and no casualties have been reported so far. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
CHANGCHUN, June 10 (Xinhua) -- A fire at a middle school was put out Sunday afternoon in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province, and no casualties have been reported, said rescuers.
Around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, the fire broke out on the top floor of the comprehensive building of Jilin Provincial Experimental Middle School, which was undergoing a project to install a layer of insulation, firefighters said.
Faculty quickly directed students and some parents, who were there for parents' meetings, out of the burning building.
As of 4:00 p.m. Sunday, the fire had been extinguished.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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