Residential area in Lhasa catches fire

Special: Focus on Tibet

LHASA, Dec. 27 (Chinese media) -- A fire engulfed a residential area in Lhasa on Saturday afternoon. No casualties were reported.

The blaze erupted at about 5 p.m. in the northern

part of downtown Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China.

It was extinguished in about an hour.

Three houses were burnt down but no one was at home

when the flame broke out.

An initial investigation showed that the fire might

be triggered by a household gas tank leak, the police said.

On Thursday night, a home appliances warehouse in downtown Lhasa caught fire, but no one was injured.