A Jing'an District kindergarten in Shanghai caught fire this morning and more than 100 children were evacuated safely, Shanghai Evening Post reported today.

 

The fire began in a small conference room on the second floor of the main building and totally destroyed the room.

 

Flames came from an air-conditioner in the room, said an employee of the Changshu Kindergarten.

 

"When I used a fire extinguisher to put out it the curtains beside the air-conditioner ignited, which cause a bigger fire and burnt books, computers and printers in the room," she said.

 

The principal of the kindergarten informed the children's families immediately and they were all  relocated to a neighboring kindergarten on Wanhangdu Road.

 

(Shanghai Daily December 15, 2006)