Paradise lost as blaze destroys ‘Shangri-la’ – Independent.ie. Most likely cause electrical wiring

A firefighter works on a roof of a wooden building while a fire ravages ancient Dukezong town in Shangri-la county, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province.

MALCOLM MOORE – 12 JANUARY 2014

A 10-hour inferno has destroyed the ancient Tibetan town which, according to the Chinese government, was the earthly incarnation of the lost paradise of Shangri-la.

via Paradise lost as blaze destroys ‘Shangri-la’ – Independent.ie.