Directly hit the Wutai Mountain fire late at night: the fire line stretches for hundreds of meters and the fire head approaches the road
China News Network, Wutai Mountain, March 21 (Li Tingyao) On March 20, the Wutai Mountain forest fire entered the second day. At about 23:00 that day, a reporter from China News Network looked west on the bridge near Baitouyu in Wutai Mountain Scenic Area, on the opposite slope A north-south line of fire stretched for hundreds of meters, spreading down the hillside, and a head of fire was approaching the highway.
It was late at night, and the light of fire illuminated the smoke in the sky. Mars occasionally rose several meters high, and the cracking sound of burning pine trees made crackling sounds. Reporters could smell the smell of trees and grass burned from dozens of meters away. At 2300 hours, a fire head was more than ten meters from Provincial Highway 205. About half an hour later, the fire head was close to the highway.
At 2300 hours, a fire head was more than ten meters from Provincial Highway 205. About half an hour later, the fire head was close to the highway. Photo by Wu Junjie
Along the highway, the staff of the fire protection, public security, traffic police and other departments are busy, and fire trucks and police cars shuttle. Outside the bald head, traffic police are clearing the site for the upcoming rescue vehicle.
At 21:10 on the same day, the Inner Mongolia Forest Fire Corps participated in the cross-regional cooperative defense of more than 400 commanders from the temporary station in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, and went to the Wutaishan Fire Field for reinforcements. At about 23:35, the reporter encountered the newly arrived Inner Mongolia Forest Fire Corps team near Baitouyu. Subsequently, the commanders of the Inner Mongolia Forest Fire Corps immediately launched a fire investigation.
The picture shows the midnight aerial fire scene. Photo by Wu Junjie
Jilin Provincial Forest Fire Corps official Weibo news: At 21:10 on the 20th, following the orders of the superiors, 400 commanders of the Jilin Provincial Forest Fire Corps set off from the Tangshan Hebei temporary station and went to the Shanxi Fire Field to implement reinforcement.
At 18:10 on March 19, a fire broke out near the parking lot of the Fairview Ropeway at Fomu Cave, Taihuai Town, Wutai Mountain Scenic Area. After investigation, the ignition point was 9.5 kilometers away from the core area of Wutai Mountain. Wutai Mountain is a world cultural heritage, one of the four famous mountains of Chinese Buddhism, and one of the five largest Buddhist holy places in the world. (Finish)