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BEIJING (AP) – Authorities are investigating the cause of a fire that engulfed a covered wooden bridge with 900 years of history in southeastern China over the weekend. The entire length of the Wan’an Bridge appeared to be in flames in video and photos of the Saturday night fire in Fujian province’s Pingnan county. No […]
The Wan’an bridge also known as the Bridge of Universal Peace, was China’s longest wood arch bridge ranging from 98.2 metres.
Uniindia: Beijing, Aug 7 (UNI) China''s longest wooden arch bridge, which was almost a thousand years old, collapsed as a result of a fire in the eastern Chinese province of Fujian, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday.
A 900-year-old wooden arch bridge known as the Wan'an bridge in China was engulfed in fire on Saturday night, leading to the collapse of the longest wooden arch bridge in the country.
■ Observer The local heritage represented by the wooden arch bridge should be protected from the bottom up. On the evening of August 6, a fire broke out in the Wan'an Bridge in Pingnan, Fujian, the longest existing wooden arch bridge in my country, and was severely damaged. At present, the local public security and fire protection have intervened, and the specific cause of the fire remains