A day after this, Chinese investigators are on the prowl, looking into who exactly is to blame. The unfinished,
520-foot Mandarin Oriental hotel went up in spectacular flames Monday night as a fireworks display went awry.
One firefighter was killed battling in the blaze.
Officials now say China Central Television was behind the display. Officials there say they hired a company to
set off hundreds of large fireworks as part of the lunar new year celebration. They say it was supposed to be
set off in an open area beside the hotel, however video showed spectacular bursts of fireworks just above the top
of the building.
The fireworks were also clssified as grade A meaning, CCTV was supposed to get a special permit to set them off in
the downtown area. However officials say organizers never bothered with the paperwork and ignored police warnings.
CCTV has apologized. Still, it's too soon to say how much damage was done to the structure of if it can be salvaged
or must be torn down.
Dianne Kepley, The Associated Press
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* on(or upon) the prowl :(먹이 따위를 찾아) 배회하며, 몰래 찾아다녀
: prowl - 배회하다, 거닐다, 답사하다
* be to blame : (~에 대하여) 책임이 있다[for], ~이 나쁘다
* fireworks display : 불꽃 놀이 대회
* unfinished : 완성[완료, 종료, 완결]되지 않은, 미완성의.
* foot : 피트, 복합 형용사에서는 a five-foot-high wall처럼 단수로 쓰는 것이 보통.
* go [or run, tread] awry : 실패하다; (예측 따위에서) 벗어나다, 틀어지다; 길을 잘못 들다.
* blaze : 불길, 화염, 화재, 불
* set off : …을 촉발[유발]하다; …을 폭발시키다
* grade A : (종종 G- A-) A급[클래스]의, 제1급의, 최고의(first-class).
* salvage : 재활용하다
