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Summary
An unidentified firefighter carrying a hose runs past the Mandarin Hotel as it burns, Beijing, China, 9 February, 2009.

The 44-story hotel was built next to the CCTV headquarters as part of the city's Olympic makeover and was still under construction when the fire destroyed it.

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