CCTV: Fire report says damage was limited to the building surface

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After a high-level meeting on February 13, CCTV issued a report that shows that only the surface of the building was damaged. The amazing fire we saw on the images and videos was actually the zinc alloy burning very fast (melts at 400ºC, versus 1000ºC fireworks can get). Anyway, a Chinese architecture expert puts this in doubt, saying that interior equipment had to be damaged. Now it´s up to the engineers to decide the future of the building.

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Cite: Sebastian Jordana. "CCTV: Fire report says damage was limited to the building surface" 17 Feb 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/14569/cctv-fire-report-says-damage-was-limited-to-the-building-surface> ISSN 0719-8884

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