China News Network, Xichang, April 2nd Topic: Forest fire in Jiujiu Township, Xichang, Sichuan: Mountain fire continues to spread and the night sky is illuminated again
Author Wang Peng Liu Zhongjun Chen Xuanbin
The night sky of Erhai Lake was once again illuminated by the fire. On the highway surrounding the fire area, water cannon trucks and fire trucks sprayed water columns at the fired forest to prevent the fire line from spreading. In the middle of the night on April 1, the forest fire in Jingjiu Township, Xichang City, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, the mountain fire line continued to spread behind the battery plant, over the ridge and heading towards the seashore.
On the evening of April 1, the Xiangshuigou fire line approached the village below the mountain. Photo by Liu Zhongjun
April 1 is the third day of the forest fire. After the sacrifice of 19 firefighters and the emergency evacuation of more than 20,000 people, more than 3,800 troops, fire brigades, militiamen, and fire rescue workers rushed to the fire again to launch a "total attack."
Zhu Kang, deputy director of the People's Government Office of Xichang City, told reporters that the fire scene was divided into four lines: east, west, and south. As of noon on that day, the open flames in the three areas of the east line (front of Laoshan), the north line (Madao Shengou), and the west line (Ma'anshan Village, Jingjiu Township) have been extinguished and transferred to smoke points and residual fire disposal.
On the same day, the reporter saw at the scene of the fire on the front of Laoshan on the eastern route that several helicopters kept on moving water between the Laohai and Laoshan to catch fire. From time to time, fire extinguishers hold fire sticks, sprayers and other fire extinguishing tools and line up the mountain. At the same time, multiple remote pumping equipment pumped the lake water of Erhai Lake to Laoshan Mountain. A firefighter said that each pumping device could pump 24 tons of water in one minute.
On the evening of April 1, the mountain fire lit the night sky. Photo by Liu Zhongjun
At 19:00 on the 1st, after a period of walking on the mountain road, the reporter arrived at the fire lane area of the North Line Madao Shengou. A large number of fire fighters and militiamen had just finished their day of fire fighting and walked down the mountain.
The villager Jabayob of Yongding Village, Sihe Township, responsible for the disposal of smoke points and residual fires, told reporters that a total of 95 people entered the mountain on the same day. "
The most severe fire situation was in the southern area. In this area, there are two fire lines behind the battery plant and Xiangshuigou. Although 1,025 people were organized to fight the fire, the two fire lines continued to spread that night due to the wind.
At about 20 o'clock that night, the reporter arrived at a village near Xiangshuigou, about 1 km away from the fire line. The village had been evacuated at this time, leaving no one. Only fire rescue vehicles came along the village road to observe the fire. A firefighter said that they will conduct a judgment based on the fire that night to ensure the safety of the village buildings.
On the evening of April 1, the wildfire continued to spread. The picture shows the fire at the scene. Photo by Liu Zhongjun
At 21:00, the reporter left the Xiangshuigou fire line and drove to the northeast. The heat wave struck. I saw that the fire on the left side of the highway was more serious than the Xiangshuigou. The burning area was also larger. The process of the fire line spreading was dark red. "Magma" flows slowly. This is the backfire line of the battery plant.
Subsequently, the reporter arrived at a winery at the foot of the mountain, not far behind the factory area, the forest was burning. Fire rescue workers have just arrived and are preparing for emergency response.
"There is a packaging warehouse and a power distribution room in the factory area. Once the fire has serious consequences," Yang Qian, a political instructor of the Sichuan Liangshan Fire Rescue Team's Chang'an Road Fire Station, told reporters that the water ponds not far from the factory warehouse can guarantee water supply. Use water cannon carts and water guns to secure the warehouse.
However, due to the impact of wind, the mountain fire line continued to spread after the battery plant, and it directly threatened Hainan streets along the ridge by crossing the ridge. In the early hours of April 2nd, the Fire Joint Defense Headquarters heard that the fire line was about 5 kilometers long. Due to the steep mountain and the fire, the rescue was transferred to the defense and the fire observation was strengthened.
In the early morning of the 2nd, the reporter looked towards Erhai Lake from a hotel window in the urban area of Xichang, where the night sky was still illuminated by the fire. (Finish)