Six people died and one was injured when a fire broke out in an apartment in northeast China's Jilin Province Thursday morning, local authorities said.

The fire broke out at about 6:30 a.m. in Room 103, Building 21 of a senior citizens' apartment in Xi'an District, Liaoyuan City. Four men and two women died in the fire. Another man was injured, a municipal government official said.

The fire was put out quickly, he said. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

Source:Xinhua