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To: FJB who wrote (252)	2/9/2009 11:33:36 AM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) of 442

Lots of crazies advocate all kinds of things. It doesn't prove a thing. Is this also terrorism? Fire Engulfs Beijing Hotel Complex [NYT] By ANDREW JACOBS and GRAHAM BOWLEY BEIJING — A fierce fire engulfed a major new building in Beijing that houses a luxury hotel and cultural center on Monday, the last day of celebrations for the lunar new year when the city was ablaze with fireworks. The building was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and is part of China Central Television’s new headquarters, an angular wonder of modernist architecture that sits astride the city and was built to coincide with the Beijing Olympics last year. The CCTV building was a hugely expensive trophy of Beijing’s pre-Olympics building boom, costing millions of dollars, and any damage is likely to be embarrassing for the ruling Communist Party. The fire was burning from the ground floor to the top floor of the large building, the flames reflecting in the glass facade of the main CCTV tower next to the hotel and cultural center. The 241-room Mandarin Oriental hotel in the building was due to open this year. Flames were first spotted around 7:45 p.m. and within 20 minutes the fire had spread throughout the building, dominating that part of the city. Crowds of onlookers watched the fire, as the police tried to move the spectators away and the air filled with sirens. People watching noted that the timing of the fire — coming at the end of the spring festival — was inauspicious. The main CCTV tower appeared to be untouched by the flames. It was not immediately clear what had caused the fire but the city had been filled with fireworks for the annual festival. There were also no details about whether there were any injuries but witnesses at the scene said that workers had been present around the clock readying for the opening of the building and were likely to have been in the building when the fire started. “Debris is falling and flames are coming out in all directions,” Edie Marshall, a Beijing resident, told Reuters. The hotel’s Web site said the hotel occupies a prime position in Beijing’s central business district.

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