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at noon on september 18, many netizens posted videos saying that a fire broke out in a street-facing house in gu rao town, chaoyang district, shantou city, guangdong province, and many people were trapped.

multiple videos showed that the fire on the first floor was fierce and continued to spread to the upper floors, with billowing black smoke enveloping the entire building.

after the fire broke out, there were several fire trucks at the scene and firefighters were putting out the fire. some trapped people followed the firefighters and climbed down the ladder from the third floor. two other trapped people were rescued by a crane.

rescue scene. image source: red star news

a local villager said that the fire started in a cloth shop near dongming bridge. there was a warehouse below with a lot of cloth piled up. the building that caught fire was a self-built house with about seven floors.

on the afternoon of the 18th, da wan news reporter contacted a sichuan restaurant near the scene of the incident. the owner of the restaurant told the reporter that the fire started at about 12 noon. "the open fire has been put out, and there is still a little black smoke. everything inside has been burned out. our store is near the fire point, and the power is out now."

another eyewitness said that the fire was very big and burned for several hours. the open flames were mainly concentrated on the first floor, and black smoke kept rising. many trapped people ran up from the fourth floor, and some people asked for help at the window. later, the trapped people were rescued by firefighters one after another.

screenshot of the on-site video. source: da wan news

at 2 p.m. on the 18th, a red star news reporter learned from the gu rao town government that after receiving the alarm in the morning, firefighters and other rescue personnel quickly arrived at the scene. the fire has been extinguished and no casualties have been found so far.

"many of the trapped people have experience in escape drills, and judging from the overall situation at the moment, there are no major problems." according to a government worker, the fire did not occur in a fabric production and processing factory as rumored online, but in a warehouse for buying, selling and storing fabrics.

according to da wan news, the local town government stated that a fire did occur in a cloth shop, and because there were a lot of cloth goods piled up in the shop, the fire spread quickly.

a staff member told reporters, "according to the information we have so far, (the fire) did not cause much impact."

it is understood that the cause of the fire is still under further investigation.