The sky turns black after a huge forest fire broke out yesterday in north China's Shanxi Province, March 30, 2006.

The fire started on Wednesday at Xiaoxinling Mountain on the border of Anze and Qinyuan counties in the southern part of the province. About 6,000 people have been mobilized to fight the fire and it is not clear what caused it.

The huge forest fire rages yesterday in north China's Shanxi Province.

Firefighters and local residents fight hard against the fire.

Smoke billows out.

A local resident looks at the forest.

(China Daily March 31, 2006)