Woman who burned 708 acres of land to worship ancestors and caused wildfire was sentenced to death. Burning incense, burning paper and other methods of worshiping ancestors can easily cause fires and damage the ecological environment.
Ah Hua lit an incense stick while worshiping his ancestors at a cemetery in Lianhua County. When the incense was almost burned out, Ah Hua left the scene. Just a few steps away, Ahua saw a fire where theincense was burning, so he went to use a branch to start a fire. However, the fire increased instead of abating and spread up the mountain.