2010-03-29 13:23

CHANGCHUN?- After 12 hours of endeavors, fire-fighters have extinguished a fire from most parts of a shopping mall in northeastern China's Jilin Province, Monday morning.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Flames could still be seen coming from some parts of the mall, located in the downturn area of the provincial capital, Changchun.

The mall caught fire at around 8:00 pm Sunday.

A fire-fighter told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that it was very difficult to put out the fire, because the shopping mall was built of flammable wooden materials.

Sixty fire engines and two excavators had been dispatched to combat the blaze, the fire-fighter added.

The fire fighting will continue. The cause of the accident is being investigated.