China News Network, Chengdu, May 8 (Liu Zhongjun, Zeng Peng) A reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Office on the 8th that more than 800 professional firefighting teams have been mobilized at the junction of Xide County and Mianning County, Liangshan Prefecture, the province. 3. Local personnel participate in swat.

Forest firemen rushed to the fire. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

  At about 17:00 on May 7th, a forest fire broke out at the junction of Xide County and Mianning County in Liangshan Prefecture. The east line of the fire site was the main development direction. The west wind of the fire site was 4 to 5, and the terrain was steep, making it difficult to pounce.

Forest firefighters look for water sources and erect pumps. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

Forest firefighters are setting up hoses and so on. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

  At 4 a.m. on the 8th, the Sichuan Provincial Emergency Management Department urgently mobilized 280 forest firefighters from the Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade to rush to the fire. Among them, 150 people from Liangshan Forest Fire Brigade are responsible for the fire site in Xide County, and 130 people from Aba Prefecture Forest Fire Brigade Mianning Station are responsible for the fire site in Mianning County.

Forest firefighters are setting up mobile pools. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

  At 5 o'clock in the morning, the Aba State Forest Fire Detachment first arrived at the fire site and quickly put out the fire in the fire site. The Marcon Brigade and the Wenchuan Brigade, which belonged to them, used water pumps and conventional machinery in a coordinated manner to fight hard along the left and right wings of the fire line.

The forest firemen arrived at the scene of the fire and were fighting hard. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

  At 5:30, the Xichang Brigade of Liangshan Prefecture Forest Fire Brigade carried a water pump to open a breakthrough on the south line and slammed the fire line east. The direct brigade carried conventional equipment and local fire fighting teams on foot to the east line of the fire site to block the fire head.

Forest firefighters are fighting the fire with water cannons. Photo by Lu Yaoqiang

  At present, the main leaders of the Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade have brought their forefinger to the front line of the fire site for command, and more than 600 local people have cooperated with the forest firefighting to carry out fire fighting. Among them, 400 people set up isolation belts on the front line of the fire site in Xide County. (Finish)