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A visitor’s improper use of incense and candles caused a pavilion at a sacred temple complex to burn down.
The hearth broke out at Wenchang Pavilion on Fenghuang Mountain in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu province, China, on November twelfth.
Dramatic footage shows the three-storey structure engulfed from top to bottom with thick smoke rising to the sky as pieces of the roof fall from the constructing.
Officials said there have been no casualties, and the blaze didn’t spread to any surrounding forest areas.
Investigators said preliminary findings showed that the fireplace was attributable to a visitor’s improper use of incense and candles.
Authorities assured that the pavilion, in-built October 2009, contained no cultural relics.
They stated that every one buildings within the temple complex were modern constructions with no ancient architectural stays.
Official notices said the pavilion was commissioned in 2008, built with a reinforced concrete frame, and accomplished in 2009.
The structure had been managed by the neighbouring Yongqing Temple after completion.
Historical records said the unique Yongqing Temple dated back many centuries, though the present buildings were rebuilt within the Nineties.
Local authorities said further motion can be taken according to the investigation results and that safety measures can be strengthened to cut back fire risks.
In 2023, flames ripped through a centuries-old temple in China, almost burning the historic constructing to the bottom.
Crews rushed to the Shandan Great Buddha Temple in Gansu province’s Shandan County as an enormous Buddha statue was surrounded by flames.
After the fireplace was extinguished, the Buddha statue appeared to stay partially intact, but several temple structures were destroyed.
In line with local media reports, the statue was in-built 1998 as a reproduction of an original, which dated back to around 425 AD and was damaged in the course of the Cultural Revolution.
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