Two were killed and five others injured including 2 heavily in a fire which broke out early this morning at a construction site at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport's T1 terminal, the city government said at noon.

The city's fire department said the fire broke out at 7:16 am today at the construction site on No.88 Konggang No. 3 Road, and was put out at 9:18 am. The rescuers found seven victims from the site, including two who were confirmed dead on the scene.

Twelve fire trucks and nine fire brigades were dispatched. The fire had started from thermal insulation materials on the site, the authority added. Further investigation is still ongoing.

The airport authority said the five injured, including two heavily and three slightly, had all been rushed to hospital.

The construction project was ongoing to revamp the T1 complex to raise operational capacity of the airport.

Authority said the fire had caused no impact on the operation of T1 at the airport by far.

"I saw rescuers carrying out two victims from the building at about 8 am," a witnesses working nearby, who declined to be identified, told Shanghai Daily. "They seemed to be heavily burned."

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