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Page last updated at 16:10 GMT, Monday, 9 February 2009

Fatal fire destroys Beijing hotel

A fire has engulfed a luxury hotel being built in central Beijing, killing one firefighter.

Chinese state media reported that six other people had been injured in the fire that destroyed the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

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