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Fire fighter confirmed dead in CCTV hotel fire
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-10 09:45
A fireman was confirmed dead in a blaze that engulfed a hotel near the new China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters in Beijing Monday night.

Zhang Jianyong, political instructor of the Chaoyang branch of Beijing fire brigade, died at Chaoyang Hospital at around 3 a.m. Tuesday, the municipal fire control authorities said.

A spokesman with Beijing Fire Control Bureau said Zhang inhaled toxic gas while trying to put out the fire, which began at around 8:27 p.m. Monday near the landmark CCTV new tower in eastern Beijing's central business district.

Zhang is from Shenyang, capital of the northeastern Liaoning Province. His family are on their way to Beijing.

Six other people were injured in the fire, including five firemen and a CCTV worker.