A fire which broke out at the Big World shopping mall early Monday in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province, is deemed suspicious by police. [Xinhua]

A fire which broke out at the Big World shopping mall early Monday in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province, is deemed suspicious by police, www.cnr.cn reported.

The mall, located in a 27-floor business complex building covering 6,270 square meters, was housed in the ground floor to the seventh floor. The third and fourth floors caught fire first, according to reports.

A fire which broke out at the Big World shopping mall early Monday in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province, is deemed suspicious by police. [Xinhua]

Police suspect someone deliberately started the fire, which sent 320 firefighters to the scene.

No casualties or losses have been reported. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.