The Washington Post, June 30th, 1987
At least three persons died and more than 100 were injured here today when flames and fumes swept through a high-rise office building that recently had been declared a fire hazard. It was the third major blaze in the capital in the past week. Two men jumped to their deaths from windows as onlookers watched in horror. About 300 people were rescued from the roof of the burning 12-story Ansal Bhavan building, which housed international airline offices and other businesses, including a British manufacturer of firefighting equipment. Many people escaped by inching their way across a rickety rope-an...
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