The fire began in a lift shaft and spread to the roof.

大火从电梯通道里开始，然后蔓延到了屋顶。

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The elevator that runs from the ground floor to the fifth floor will be replaced and will ascend and descend in a new, fire-resistant shaft.

原从 地面至五楼的电梯将被更新，同时风井将改为防火的。

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A fire rages out of control from a ventilation shaft at the Pike River Mine in Greymouth, New Zealand.

新西兰格雷茅斯派克河矿失控的火舌从通风井呼呼直冒。救援队夜以继日地寻找两次爆炸中死难的新西兰矿工的29具遗体。

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He started with the small quatrefoil lights of the Holy Spirit and the crucifixion, proceeding down through the main panels of Christ and his followers on the mountain, with all the way the white shaft of God's transfiguring light growing broader through the fire-and-storm colours of the glass.

ECONOMIST: Michael Lassen