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Massive Fire Destroys ‘Asia’s Tallest Wooden Pagoda’

Massive Fire Destroys ‘Asia’s Tallest Wooden Pagoda’
Fire engulfs a 16-story wooden pagoda at Jiulong Town in Deyang, Sichuan Province of China on Dec. 10, 2017. A huge blaze has engulfed and destroyed a 16-story wooden tower, known as the tallest of its kind in Asia, after a fire, starting at the Lingguan Mansion, raged through a monastery in Sichuan Province, southwest China. VCG/VCG via Getty Images
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A huge fire burned a 16-story wooden Buddhist pagoda in China to the ground, on Sunday, Dec. 10.

Lingguan Tower in Sichuan province, China before the fire in 2005. ( 用心阁/Wikimedia Commons)
Lingguan Tower in Sichuan province, China before the fire in 2005. 用心阁/Wikimedia Commons
Janita Kan
Janita Kan
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Janita Kan is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.