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Six dead in fighting against forest fire

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-02-06 09:20

HANGZHOU - Six fire fighters were killed, with another two injured in fighting against a forest fire in Chun'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province as of Saturday evening.

A forest fire started in Fulin Village in Chun'an County on Saturday morning. About 300 people including those from the local fire control station and villagers were involved in the firefighting.

The cause of the fire was still under investigation.