China News Network Hulunbeier, May 2 (Zhang Wei and Liu Honglin) On the 1st, a forest fire occurred in the Erguna National Nature Reserve in the Greater Xing'an Mountains forest area in Inner Mongolia and the Wenhe Ecological Function Area of ​​the Ituri River Forestry Bureau. Thunderbolt fire. This is the first time a lightning fire has occurred in the forest area of ​​the Greater Xing'an Mountains in Inner Mongolia.

  Late at night on the 1st, the Inner Mongolia Daxinganling Key State-owned Forestry Administration Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Command (hereinafter referred to as the Administration ’s Forest Protection Index) issued a message: As of 20 o’clock on the 1st, the fire site of Erguna Conservation Area has been enclosed and the Wenhe Ecological Functional Area The forest fire is being put out to the fullest.

  At 13:00 on May 1, a fire was detected in the Ergun protected area by the aircraft patrol of the Inner Mongolia Daxinganling Aviation Forest Guard Bureau. At 14:35, the Wenhe Ecological Function Zone Management Office reported that there was also a fire in the area.

  The Bureau of Forest Protection said that the fire site of Erguna Nature Reserve is located in the original forest area at an altitude of about 800 meters, and the vegetation is a mixed forest of conifers and broadleaves, accompanied by pine shrubs. The Forest Protection Bureau of the Administration mobilized 740 people to the fire site in batches (including 150 forest fire brigades), and mobilized large equipment such as armored vehicles, bulldozers, and excavators from the Mordaoga Forestry Bureau to gather at the fire site. After struggling to save, the siege was realized at 20:00.

  The fire in the Wenhe Ecological Function Zone is located in the meadows of the gully pond. As of press time, 970 troops have been invested (including 220 forest fire brigade). In order to ensure the sufficient strength of the fire site, the Forest Protection Bureau of the Administration mobilized 1300 people (including 140 forest firefighters), 6 armored vehicles, 2 loaders, 2 bulldozers, 2 excavators, and 1 large communications command vehicle to gather at the fire site. , The fire is being put out to the fullest.

  According to the report of the Lightning Monitoring Network of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the first lightning strike occurred in the Greater Xing'an Mountains forest area in Inner Mongolia this year. The total number of flashes detected by the 3D lightning monitoring network was 145 from 08:00 on April 30 to 08:00 on May 1. (Finish)