CHINA-TIBET-FIRE

CHINA-TIBET-FIRE

This picture taken on January 12, 2014 shows damaged houses in an ancient Tibetan town of Gyalthang, known in Chinese as Dukezong, in Shangri-La, southwest China’s Yunnan province after a fire flattened two thirds of the town’s old centre. A huge blaze that ripped through the centre of an ancient Tibetan town in the popular Chinese tourist area of Shangri-La has destroyed almost 300 buildings, state-media said. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO