BEIJING, May 4 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out in a mountain in west Beijing on Thursday afternoon and has spread to about 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares) of area.
The fire, in the Baihua Mountain Nature Reserve in Mentougou District, was still not extinguished by 10:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a report of Beijing Times.
The fire was discovered in a forestry farm with a total area of 7,000 mu at about 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Most of the trees in the farm are pine trees.
Firemen and several hundred people were mobilized to fight the fire.
The cause of the fire was still not clear, said the report.