Fire breaks out Beijing supermarket

A supermarket in Beijing's Chaoyang district had a fire on the premises on Wednesday afternoon, said Beijing's fire authority.

No injuries were reported.

The authority received the report at 3:03 pm and sent 14 fire engines to the scene, a Carrefour supermarket in the Shuangjing area of Chaoyang district, the capital's fire department said on its micro blog.

By 3:36 pm, the fire had been extinguished, the authority said.

About 70 square meters of the building were affected. People inside the supermarket at the time were evacuated.