Lightning Starts Fire in Forbidden City
A bolt of lightning started a fire in the Forbidden City, once home to China’s emperors and now a major tourist attraction, but no damage to palace exhibits was reported, a Chinese newspaper said Tuesday.
The Beijing Evening News said more than 30 fire trucks and 180 firefighters rushed late Monday night to the 250-acre palace compound, where for three hours they battled the blaze in front of the Hall of Sunlight. Jade articles exhibited there were saved, the paper said. The palace does not have lightning rods, it added.
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