Photo taken on March 22, 2015 shows smoke rising from the Dahei Mountain in northeastern Chinese city of Dalian. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Debebin)
Five mountain climbers have been confirmed dead after a fire in Dahei Mountain in northeastern Chinese city of Dalian Sunday, according to local fire fighters.
The forest fire control center received the fire report at 1:48 p.m. and sent more than 300 fire fighters to the site.
No further information on the climbers is available so far.
The fire was brought under control at 5:50 p.m. The cause of the mountain fire is still under investigation.
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