NANCHANG - One person died and five others were injured after a fire engulfed a building Sunday morning in east China's Jiangxi province, said local fire control authorities.

The fire broke out around 5 am at an eight-storey building in the downtown area in the provincial capital city of Nanchang, said a spokesman with the city's fire control contingent.

Fire fighters have extinguished the blaze and rescued 11 people trapped by the fire. Six of them were found injured and rushed to two hospitals, said the spokesman.

One of the injured died later after failing to respond to emergency treatments, he said.

A cinema and dozens of shops that sell lighting facilities are located in the building's ground and second floor respectively. The other six floors are occupied by residents.

A Xinhua reporter at the scene said some shops were severely damaged in the fire and smoke was still rising from the first five floors of the building as of 10 am.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.