Forest fire in Lai Chau - Nearly 1,000 people cooperate to fight the fire

At about 2pm on February 26, in the forest area of Nam De village, Son Binh commune, Tam Duong district (Lai Chau province), a forest fire broke out. The local government mobilized nearly 1,000 people to fight the fire for more than 7 hours.

According to people, the fire came from a household in the village burning upland for farming. When encountering strong winds, the fire broke out and spread around. The fire area is shrubs, vegetation, reeds, reeds and is located at an altitude of more than 1,300m above sea level, so the fire burns quickly and is difficult to control.

Tran Van Sung - Vice Chairman of Tam Duong District People's Committee said that when receiving the news, the local government mobilized nearly 1,000 people, including forces such as police, army, forest rangers, militia and self-defense forces. and people of neighboring communes to participate in extinguishing the fire.

However, due to the topography of the area where the fire occurred with a steep slope, far from residential areas, access to the fire encountered many difficulties. By about 9:30 p.m. on the same day, the fire was basically under control.

After nearly 7 hours, the concentrated forces seemed to have controlled the fire, but by 23 o'clock on February 26, due to strong winds, the fire continued to burn again and spread.

At this time, the functional forces and the people are "stretching" to put out the fire. However, due to high winds and high winds, the fire continued to burn, making rescue work very difficult.

Currently, local authorities are organizing approaching forces to put out the fire and prevent it from spreading to forested areas.

Leaders of the People's Committee of Lai Chau province, the People's Committee of Tam Duong district and departments and branches still closely monitor the situation to promptly direct the forces involved in fighting forest fires.

Even in the afternoon of February 26, the leaders of Lai Chau province were also present at the scene to direct the fire fighting work and mobilize the force to transport drinking water, instant noodles and bread to the forces participating in the fire fighting on the mountain. High.

Leaders of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee, Tam Duong District People's Committee and departments and branches still closely monitor the situation to promptly direct the forces involved in forest fire fighting.

During the heat wave lasting from April 18 to now, the whole province has had 8 fires, causing damage to about 13 hectares of planted forests and restored natural forests.

According to the functional sector, with extreme hot and dry weather in the area, the possibility of forest fire is always hidden; Forest fire prevention must be enhanced.

The cause of the fire, in addition to the objective factors, was the prolonged hot sun, but also because the local ethnic people were careless when burning and burning fields to spread the fire into the forest. Most of the burned forest area was detected early and extinguished in time, so it is possible to recover. Currently, the authorities have detected 4 subjects causing forest fires and these objects will be handled in accordance with the law.

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