Pagoda in tourist destination catches fire in China

October 01, 2014 11:33

A 41-meters tall bronze-coated concrete pagoda in a tourist destination of southern China's Guilin City caught fire this morning. The fire which had lasted more than two hours was put off by firefighters, the fire department said.

The "Sun Pagoda", one of the double pagodas dubbed as "Sun and Moon", which have been among the tourist landmarks of Guilin, caught fire.

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