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A large fire broke out a few hours ago in the building of a large telecommunication company in Hunan Province, southern China.
In the 42-story building, the fire spreads when there are many people coming and going, and there is a concern about the loss of life.
This is Beijing Correspondent Ji-Sung Kim.
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Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province, China.
Suddenly, flames shoot up from the lower floors of the skyscraper, and in an instant, the flames spread through the outer walls of the building to the upper floors.
Before long, the entire building was engulfed in thick smoke and flames, and debris fell to the ground.
Videos taken inside the building at the time of the fire are also being uploaded on social media.
[Go back quickly.
Hurry, quickly, quickly.]
The fire broke out today (16th) around 3:50 pm.
The building that caught fire is the Changsha city headquarters of China Telegraph, one of China's three major telecommunication companies, built in 2000.
It has 42 stories above the ground and 2 stories below the ground, reaching a height of 218 meters.
[Changsha City Citizen: This is the Chinese telegraph (building), the Chinese telegraph.
It's all burnt, all burnt out.]
Dozens of fire engines and hundreds of rescuers were dispatched to the scene.
Rescue operations are ongoing, but Chinese authorities have not disclosed specific damage, including casualties.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
[Changsha Emergency Management Bureau official: We have already taken action.
Rescuers were dispatched as soon as possible after receiving the report.
(We don't know about the casualties yet.]
At one time, the video of the fire was not found on Chinese social media.
A major fire broke out a month before the party congress, which will determine President Xi Jinping's long term in office, and Chinese authorities are concerned about worsening public sentiment.
(Video coverage: Duk-Hyun Choi, video editing: Ho-Jin Kim, CG: Hyun-Jeong Lee)