Mountain fire breaks out in North China province
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TAIYUAN -- Firefighters are struggling to contain a raging mountain fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in Zezhou county in North China's Shanxi province, local authorities said.
Strong winds are fueling the rapidly expanding fire near a village in Chuandi township, complicating the firefighting efforts, the county publicity department said.
Local authorities received the report of the fire at 3:23 pm Sunday.
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