万花筒 2008-09-23&09-24 芝加哥唐人街博物馆起火

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One afternoon, the Friday afternoon fire that raced through a building in Chinatown, housing the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago. WGN's Tom Louis has the latest.

The Fire Department got a 911 call around two this afternoon, heavy smoke and flames pouring out of the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago in Chinatown.

It was in this structure where exactly catching¹ the fire, but burned in the walls and floors, and under heavy smoke conditions, the find is not easy.

The Department sent extra personnel. Ladder trucks doused² the four-storey building. The third floor collapsed³ entirely⁴. And once the fire was out, the worst fears were realized.

We start from scratch, and a lot of us are volunteers, and so we put in a lot of time in here.

Barely four years old, the museum is chronicle— the history of Chinese-Americans who settled in Chicago. The rich legacy⁵ and source of pride now covered in soot⁶ and in ash.

This is a huge step backwards⁷. The museum has been gathering⁸ money, and has been fortune enough to open two exhibits.

The exhibits were currently on display on the first two levels. These include historical papers, pictures and artifacts, many unknown from private donors⁹.

This is from people all over the world, actually. And it is going to be very difficult to tell the owner of the objects that were burned down, you know.

I am WGN's Tom Louis is reporting from CLTV News.