Over 700 firefighters battling forest fire in East China

HEFEI -- More than 700 firefighters are battling a raging fire in a forest farm in East China's Anhui province, local authorities said Tuesday night.

No deaths or injuries were reported, and no people were trapped in the fire.

The fire broke out at about 2:26 pm Tuesday in the Donggushan Forest Farm in Lujiang county in the provincial capital of Hefei, the Lujiang county emergency command center said.

More than 700 firefighters have arrived at the site and they are still working on the night to fight the fire with the help of excavators, water spraying drones and fire tankers.

An initial investigation showed that the fire was ignited as nearby residents burned paper money to pay respect to their ancestors. The burned area of the forest fire has not yet been determined.