Two dead, four injured in Shanghai Hongqiao airport fire

World Friday 29/April/2016 16:26 PM
By: Times News Service
Two dead, four injured in Shanghai Hongqiao airport fire

Shanghai: 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.
"There's been no impact on airport operations," an airport official, who only gave his surname as Wang and said he was responsible for traveller inquiries, told Reuters.
The People's Daily said on its official microblog the fire broke out in the basement of terminal one at the airport at around 7am (2300 GMT on Thursday) during an underground renovation project.