Mountain fire breaks out in North China province

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.