In the morning of November 2, footage of a big fire near a Wangfujing Department Store made its rounds on Weibo and on WeChat groups.
The fire occurred around 7 am in Shaanxi, Xi’an, not far from the west city gates, and came from a 100-meter tall steel chimney belonging to a heating supply company.
The 100-meter tall steel construction before the fire.
The footage initially led to some confusion online – with some netizens first suggesting it was a fire in Beijing before various Chinese news sources reported it was an incident in Xi’an and that it concerned the city’s ‘landmark chimney.’
The ‘landmark’ chimney in the back that went up in flames.
“It’s just inconceivable to me that a chimney could go up in smokes,” a netizen responded on Weibo.
Roads around the building were not accessible for hours earlier today. According to the latest reports by Xiancity.cn, firefighters got the fire under control around 10 am. Nobody was injured. An investigation into how the fire could happen is underway.
By Manya Koetse
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