Beijing IKEA site fire causes no casualties

 BEIJING. Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- A fire that broke out in an under-construction IKEA site in Beijing's Daxing District on Friday evening has been controlled, and there are no casualties, the city's fire department has said.

The department said they received an alarm at 7:34 p.m., and 15 fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the fire immediately.

A worker on the site told Xinhua that some flammable building materials had been stored in the building.

With an investment of at least 3 billion yuan (800 million U.S. dollars), the "Inter¹ IKEA Center" is intended to become the largest IKEA store in the world.

The center, designed to feature food retailers³, home furnishing, electronics and entertainment, has a total floor space of 194,000 square meters.

The Swedish IKEA Group, the world's largest home products retailer², has more than 300 stores in 38 countries around the world.

There are three Inter IKEA Centers under construction in China, including the one in Beijing. The other two are in central Hubei Province and Wuxi City in eastern Jiangsu Province.

The center in Beijing was scheduled to open in 2014.

1 inter   

v.埋葬

参考例句：

• They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。
• The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

2 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

3 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。