More than 100 armed policemen and fire fighters are struggling to control a forest fire in Wenzhou, a city of east China's Zhejiang Province, said local forestry authorities on Saturday.

The fire broke out at 4 PM on Saturday at Wuniushan forest farm in Yongjia County, northern Wenzhou.

According to the county's forestry bureau, the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Local forestry departments have decided to mobilize more people to fight the growing flames at the site.

(Xinhua News Agency November 4, 2007)