_{The picture shows the building on fire.}

_{The fire-fighters hustle to put out the fire.}

The fire erupted around 8:30am this morning from an autoparts warehouse on the 3rd floor of a building at Nanjing N. street downtown Shenyang.

78 fire-engines and over 270 fire fighters have hooked up at the fire spot fighting hard agaist the fire.

The building on fire has 9 stories. The first 3 stories (from 1st to 3rd fl) are taken for autoparts market and the other 6 stories are used for living, in which there 248 families. The furious fire puts the residents in the building in danger. The fire fighters have to evacuate the building as they are extinguishing the fire. Thick smog can be seen miles away and clouds the area. All traffic access to the area is blocked.

One man in his fifties has been confirmed dead after being taken to a nearby hospital and 7 injured including two fire fighters in the fire.

The cause of the fire has not yet been cleared according the local police authority.

(Zhang Chi)