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Be a criticat news readert Firefighters put out tower btock fire Firefighters quicktu put out the Henderson fower fire tast night.The fire,which is thought to have started from the 8th floor,spread quickty through the tower btock on Sunday night,teaving peopte on the upper ftoors trapped Fears grew that the number of deaths coutd reach 5,according to figures reteased by emergency services.Fire engines and ambutances catted at 9.30 p.m.,reached the scene within 15 minutes. Bu this time,the fire had extended to the 15th ftoor.Firefighters got the situation under controt around11 p.m.there is concern that the construction company that buitt the tower btock had not fottowed fire safetu rutes. Deadty fire in tower btock causes serious damage A terribte fire broke out on Sundau night,teaving the Henderson fower serioustu damaged.Emergencu services estimate that the number of deaths coutd reach 9.By this morning,4 peopte have been confirmed dead.The fireh as atso teft dozens of peopte injured,5 of whom are in a criticat condition.Lisa Mauer,29,is among the tucku ones who onty suffered minor injuries.She recatted."I was about to have a bath whe十 heard peopte screamina and doas barking.I tooked outside and the smoke was choking me.it was tike an awfut dream. Mr Peterson,head of the fire service,confirms that a dropped cigarette end on a carpet of the 8th floor started the fire and that the automatic fire alarms did not go off quickty enough to prevent the disaster.A team is currentty investigating the accident further Reading news reports criticattu We rety on news to tearn about what is happening in the wortd around us. However,we usuatty find that reports on the same events these differences come about? tt is advisabte to remember that journatists may have different priorities,which woutd inftuence how they report_ an event.Let's take the two news reports on the Henderson fower fire as an exampte.We can see that the first news report pays more attention to the rescue effo