Fire at Petronas Twin Towers<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: Hundreds of screaming and coughing moviegoers fled a
\ncinema complex in the Petronas Twin Towers after a fire filled a
\nshopping mall attached to the Malaysian landmark with thick,
\nacrid smoke. No serious injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
About 700-800 people rushed from the 13-screen Tanjong Golden
\nVillage facility on the third floor of the Suria KLCC mall
\nabutting towers shortly before midnight Friday, witnesses said.<\/p>\n
"It was really terrible. People were running helter-skelter.
\nWe were choking and coughing and it's a miracle there was no
\nstampede," said Minati Panda, a Kuala Lumpur resident who was at
\nthe movies with her husband.<\/p>\n
The fire started in a stairway landing outside a restaurant on
\nthe first level of the Suria KLCC, but its cause was not
\nimmediately known, said fire official Mahinder Singh. He said
\nfoul play had not been ruled out.<\/p>\n
One woman was taken to an ambulance, where she was given
\noxygen.<\/p>\n
The glass-and-steel Petronas Twin Towers, once the world's
\ntallest skyscraper before being upstaged to second place by a
\nbuilding in Taiwan, are located in downtown Kuala Lumpur and are
\nMalaysia's most famous landmark, symbolizing the country's
\neconomic progress. -- AP<\/p>",
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