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Huawei building near its research lab in Dongguan hit by fire

  • The lab is said to be involved in testing for 4G and 5G antennas related to Huawei’s network equipment business
  • The fire was extinguished more than hour after it broke out in the middle of the afternoon on Friday

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Thick plumes of smoke are seen coming out of a building at a Huawei Technologies complex in the city of Dongguan, in southern Guangdong province, that caught fire on Friday afternoon. Photo: Weibo
Che Pan
A building near a research laboratory of telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies in the city of Dongguan, in southern Guangdong province, caught fire on Friday afternoon, according to the local fire department and a video posted by news portal Sina.com
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The video, which was shot from a high-rise building near the facility, showed large plumes of smoke coming out of the building. An unknown person in the video can be heard saying that several firefighting vehicles have been deployed to the scene.

The fire broke out at around 3.16pm on Friday in a building that was under construction, located on Alishan Road at Songshan Lake in Dongguan, according to a statement posted on the local fire department’s official WeChat account. It said the fire was extinguished at 4.50pm.

The fire department said in an update on its WeChat account released around 11.00pm Friday that three people were found dead in the building after the fire was put out.

The fire that broke out at a building near Huawei Technologies’ research lab in Dongguan was extinguished at 4.50pm on Friday.
The fire that broke out at a building near Huawei Technologies’ research lab in Dongguan was extinguished at 4.50pm on Friday.
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It said a team of firefighters were deployed upon receiving an alarm about a fire in a building with steel structure and flammable sound-absorbing cotton pads. The cause of the blaze remains unclear.

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