'End of the World'... Shanghai's Disturbing Skyline Video Goes Viral 

While residents have been given relief in recent weeks as Covid cases have dropped dramatically, a deadly fire at the Shanghai Petrochemical Plant in Sinopec on Saturday brought back Hollywood-like horror.

Many in the city of 26 million in northeastern China earlier this year felt like the end of the world, as a large-scale outbreak of the Corona virus closed residents to their homes with little hope of coming.

The streets were disturbingly empty as the authorities strictly implemented China's tough strategy for zero cases COVID.

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[caption id="attachment_353268" align="aligncenter" width="718"] Thick black smoke blankets Shanghai skyline[/caption]

A video has gone viral on Chinese social media showing the Shanghai skyline filled with black smoke. A raging fire was seen engulfing part of a sprawling factory, emitting endless plumes of smoke.

The BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonnell said the video was 'A strange thing ... the end of the world'.