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80-year-old lights up dark road with candles

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-12-17 09:16
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An 80-year-old man has voluntarily lit candles to light up a dark railway culvert in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, for the last three months.

80-year-old lights up dark road with candles

Chen Jiafu, who makes a living doing odd jobs, used his own money to buy the candles to light up the 60-m path for more than 3,000 residents.

Authorities at the railway station have promised to install a few street lamps soon.

(Wuhan Evening News)