Fire near the Pearl Tower?

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Details are scarce, but there is billowing black smoke coming from near the Pearl Tower in Lujiazui, Pudong - the financial district of Shanghai. The fire seems to have started in the workers dormitory of a building under construction right next to the Sheraton Hotel on Pujian Road (浦建路 38).

Update: News of the fire has now hit Xinmin

【新民网·独家报道】陆家嘴在建国金大厦今早发生火灾，据新民网网友称，起火点为大厦工地，新民网已赴现场进行视频报道。 This morning, Lujiazui's Jian Guo Jin (Ritz Carlton?) Building experienced a fire. According to Xinmin netizens, the fire started at the building's construction site. Xinmin is going to the site to file a report.

The fire has now been put out, according to these Xinmin photos.

Source: @Jessy1533

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