Fire broke out in a four-storey building in Shanghai near Tongji
University at about 4:30?PM on Monday, but no casualties have
been reported, said a source with the municipality's fire
brigade.
The fire, which broke out in a workshop on the third floor of
Shanghai Yuegu construction design company, was extinguished after
an hour.
Preliminary investigations showed that the fire might have begun
when sparks from an air pump ignited combustible material in the
workshop.
The fire did not affect Tongji University but caused traffic
congestion.
The four-storey building, located in the city's Yangpu District,
belongs to China Scientific Teaching Equipment Co.'s Shanghai
branch, and the third floor was rented by the construction design
company.
Investigations into the cause of the fire are continuing.
(Xinhua News Agency October 24, 2006)