State media report number of casualties currently unknown in blaze that engulfed building

A major fire has broken out in a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, state media have reported, adding that the number of casualties is currently unknown.

“Thick smoke is spewing from the site, and several dozen floors are burning ferociously,” the state broadcaster CCTV reported.

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