<p><br /> More than 7,200 firefighters are battling a huge forest fire spotted on Saturday afternoon in northeastern China.<br /> </p><p><br /> State-run television in the country is reporting that the situation remains very severe because of the hot weather.<br /> </p><p><br /> The fire was spotted in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.<br /> </p><p><br /> It then spread to neighbouring Heilongjiang Province about two hours later, according to officials.<br /> </p><p><br /> The region's rainfall from June 22-26 was 42 to 100 per cent less than that of the same period last year.<br /> </p><p><br /> Temperatures in the region have also soared to three to eight degrees centigrade higher than normal, according to the Inner Mongolian Meteorological Bureau.<br /> </p>
