[Commentary] On the afternoon of May 3, a forest fire broke out in Nanyao Village, Shayao Township, Huixian City, Henan Province, and smoke rose a few kilometers away. The local quickly organized professional fire brigades, police officers, emergency rescue teams, township fire brigades, and mass fire suppression teams to fight the fire. As of the 4th, the forest fire was under control and more than 4,500 people were safely transferred. There are currently no casualties.
[Same period] (Relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of Huixian Municipal Party Committee, Henan Province) At more than 1 pm on May 3, I received a report from the masses that I saw a hill in Luojiezhai Natural Village, Nanyao Village, on fire, and the fire was more intense. After receiving the report, the fire, public security, including the rescue team in the township, the militia rescue team, and the masses went up the mountain to extinguish the fire, and the second township organized people to evacuate the masses.
[Commentary] On the morning of the 4th, the reporter entered a place about 10 kilometers away from the scene of the fire and was unable to go deep. I saw some vehicles for firefighting, emergency, armed police, and public security parked on the roadside. The only mountain road that has entered Nanyao Village has been subject to traffic control.
【Explanation】 According to public information, Luo Jiezhai is located in Nanyao Village, Shayao Township, more than 50 kilometers northwest of Huixian City, at the junction of Henan and Jinan Provinces. There are more than 170 people in the village, including Beiyao, Nanyao and Taohua. It consists of 5 natural villages including Gou and Shangfeng Qiu, all of which are distributed on the cliffs of Red Cliff at an altitude of 1100 meters.
[Commentary] Huixian City Forest Fire Emergency Response Headquarters reported on the 4th that as of 8 a.m. on the 4th, the forest fire in Nanyao Village, Shayao Township, Huixian City has been controlled, and the open fire has been basically extinguished. Orderly expansion. Provincial, municipal, county, and township communist organizations organized more than 1,200 professional firefighters, using helicopters, fire trucks, chain saws and other firefighting equipment to participate in fire fighting, and set up a fire separation zone of 5 kilometers. At present, the fire area is about 500 mu, more than 2,000 people and more than 2,500 tourists have been evacuated from the surrounding area. There are no casualties. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
[Same period] (Relevant person in charge of the Propaganda Department of Huixian Municipal Party Committee, Henan Province) By 8 this morning, the open fire was basically extinguished, rescue work was being carried out in an orderly manner, professional firefighters went up the mountain to clean up the residual fire, and there were no casualties. The evacuated people are all natural villages, some are in Shuizhai Kiln, another part is scattered to the nearby, and some go directly to the city, staying with relatives for one night, now basically they will return in the afternoon.
Reporter Li Chaoqing from Henan
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]