Horror as 650ft-tall skyscraper is engulfed in flames after enormous Grenfell-style fire breaks out

A 600-foot skyscraper has gone up in flames in China, entirely destroying the building in apocalyptic scenes. Footage shows flaming debris from the Changsha Telecom Building in central China’s Hunan Province on Friday afternoon. A skyscraper in China has gone up in flames in apocalyptic scenes The inferno was triggered by the outer cladding of the 42-storey building catching fire, according to preliminary investigations from Hunan’s fire department. It added that 36 fire trucks and 280 firefighters were rushed to the scene in the city centre. The China Telecom-owned building – which stands at more than 200m high – was completely gutted by the flames. Dozens of storeys of the tower block in downtown Changsha “burned with great intensity,” according to state broadcaster CCTV. A photograph released by the news outlet shows orange flames ripping through the building as black smoke billows into the sky. Most read in News SAYING GOODBYE Queue to see the Queen lying in state PAUSED for at least 6 hours HARRY RETURNS Harry celebrates birthday privately with Meg - but Wills 'hasn't forgotten' SUITED & BOOTED Harry WILL be allowed to wear military uniform at Queen’s vigil BARBARIC BRITAIN Horror moment knifeman stabs victim near church in broad daylight 'DON'T CRY OR I WILL' William says Queen’s procession ‘reminded him of mum's funeral' TAKING ITS TOLL Moment Queen's cousin Lady Gabriella Windsor 'faints' at Westminster