Over 100 firemen, 50 fire engines and 12 hours ... what it took to put out massive blaze in Chinese migrant worker community

A massive fire broke out in an area where many migrant workers live and store their trading goods in a city in eastern China on Sunday evening, a newspaper reported.

It took firefighters more than 12 hours to put out the blaze in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, the City Express reported.

At least 100 firefighters were involved.

More than 50 fire engines were dispatched to the scene, an area around East Gate Mall, a major office building. No one was killed or injured in the fire, the local authorities said.

Residents living to the east, north and west of the fire were evacuated from their homes on Sunday evening. The area to the south of the fire is largely green belt.