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Original title: More than 1,100 people put out forest fires in Diqing, Yunnan, and the northeast fire line has basically been controlled
Beijing News (Reporter Haiyang) On December 28, a forest fire broke out in Diqing, Yunnan. According to information from the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps, at 10 am on the 30th, the fire was on the surface, accompanied by canopy fire. There were three main lines of fire at the fire site, distributed in the northwest, north, and northeast lines. A total of more than 1,100 people were fighting in emergency.
Rescue scene.Source: Screenshot of our videoOn the afternoon of the 30th, the official Weibo of the Yunnan Forest Fire Fighting Corps announced that around 14:30 on the 28th, a forest fire broke out in Group 4 of Luli Village, Liren Village, Diqing Shangri-La Economic Development Zone. At 10 a.m. today, the fire showed a surface fire accompanied by a canopy fire. There were three main fire lines at the fire site, which were distributed in the northwest, north, and northeast lines.
According to staff from the Diqing Fire Detachment, the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade deployed a total of 364 forest firefighters, and the 80 firefighters from the Diqing Fire Detachment were also dispatched. Other rescue forces include the armed police and the masses, totaling more than 1,100 people.
The official said that on the morning of the 30th, two helicopters were sent to the scene to fetch water from buckets to put out the fire. At 15:00, due to the relatively strong wind, the helicopter was temporarily grounded for flight safety reasons.
The Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade stated on Weibo that currently, 159 members of the Lijiang Forest Fire Detachment are fighting the northwestern line of the fire site with all their strength, and 138 members of the Forest Fire Fighting Detachment of the Dali Prefecture are doing their best to intercept open fires in the northeast and north. 60 fighters succeeded each other to face the scattered fires on the northern and eastern routes.
A firefighter with the Diqing Prefectural Forest Fire Brigade told the Beijing News that he was participating in the rescue on the northeast line of fire. Currently, team members used water cannons, fire extinguishers, chainsaws and other methods to deal with the fire on the ground. Take the control.
The firefighter mentioned that the current difficulty of the fire is in the south of the northeast fire line. There was a fire on the cliff, the firefighters were unable to get up, so they could only use the helicopter bucket to put out the fire. But due to the strong wind, he has been punished: “We can only wait for you to kill tomorrow morning.”
According to today’s news from the Yunnan Forest Fire Department, the vegetation at the fire site is a mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest dominated by Yunnan pine trees. The wind direction of the fire site is southward, the wind is level 4, and the gust at the top of the mountain can reach level 6 or more. The place of the fire is about 3000 meters above sea level, the slope is about 60 degrees, the valleys are vertical and horizontal, and there are many rolling rocks. In addition, a total of 780 people from the local armed police, local professional fire teams, fire rescue teams and cadres and masses cooperated with the forest fire brigade. Due to the heavy smoke at the fire site, bucket fire fighting operations cannot be implemented temporarily.
