PHOTOS: Chinese firemen battle hellish inferno after lighting strikes plastics plant

By Ned Kelly, July 4, 2014

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On July 1 at 8.10pm lightning stuck an open plastics recycling processing plant in Quanzhou, Gansu Province, setting it on fire and creating a vision of hell. Quanzhou Fire Station sent seven fire engines and more than 60 firemen to battle the blaze. After a 12-hour fight, the fire was finally brought under control.

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