China’s 900-year-old wood arch bridge known as the Wan’an bridge built in the Song Dynasty (960-1127) in Pingnan county, East China s Fujian Province, has been marred by fire on Saturday night, leading to the collapse of the longest wood arch bridge in China. No casualties were reported in the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The Criminal Investigation Department of the Pingnan County Public Security Bureau has stepped in for the case’s further inquiry.
“I speculate it was likely to be caused by man-made conducts and not a natural disaster, the spontaneous combustion of bridge on water is rare.” Xu Yitao, an ancient architecture expert of Peking University, told the Global Times on Sunday.
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