WUHAN, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The fire in a residential area in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, was put out Tuesday morning and no casualties were reported, local authorities said.

The fire started at around 11 p.m. Monday from the first floor of a four-storey building in Qiaokou District, according to the city's fire control department.

The building's first floor was a food market and more than 20 people lived upstairs. Most of them managed to escape after the fire started.

More than 200 fire fighters had been dispatched to contain the blaze. Fire fighters rescued six from the building, including an old man and a child.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.