Tower block fire out, no casualties reported in central China

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Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei province, Friday, January 8, 2010. [Photo: cnhubei.com]

Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, Friday, January 8, 2010. [Photo: cnhubei.com]

About 200 fire-fighters succeeded in putting out a blaze in a mixed commercial-residential building in downtown Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Friday.

Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, Friday, January 8, 2010.

Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, Friday, January 8, 2010. [Xinhua]

The fire occurred in the second to sixth storeys of the 23-storey Qiaofang building, a fire-fighter said.

No casualties were reported.

The fire was reported at about 10 a.m. and was under control by 2:30 p.m., he said.

Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, Friday, January 8, 2010.

Smoke rises from a building located in Hanzheng street in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province, Friday, January 8, 2010. [Xinhua]

The first storey was occupied by shops and the second to sixth storeys were storage areas, with apartments from the seventh floor up.

The police are investigating the cause of the fire.

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