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Fire in ancient town of dukezong put out
Dukezong (Chinese: 独克宗) or Dorkhar is a Tibetan town in Shangri-la County, Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
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- Fire in ancient town of dukezong put out
- Dukezong shangri la ancient tibetan town in southwest china destroyed by fire
- History
- References
Dukezong shangri la ancient tibetan town in southwest china destroyed by fire
History
The town is over thirteen hundred years old. In January 2014, a fire lasting over ten hours broke out destroying most of the town. There were no injuries or deaths reported, but over two thousand six hundred people had to be evacuated. Many buildings, including one statue that was from the seventeenth century, were destroyed.
References
Dukezong Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA