China News Service, Kunming, December 31 (Duan Guangxu and Peng Guangquan Man Dongfei) The reporter learned from the Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade that as of 20:00 on the 30th, the northwestern line of the forest fire at the forest fire site in the Economic Development Zone of Shangri-La, Yunnan has basically Fight and get effective control.

  It is understood that due to the large number of poles, fallen logs, and smoke spots, the officers and soldiers of the Lijiang Forest Fire Detachment responsible for fighting the northwest fire line are repeatedly cleaning up.

A total of 198 officers and soldiers from the Dali Prefecture Forest Fire Brigade and Diqing Prefecture Forest Fire Brigade continued to fight the north and northeast lines of the fire site.

Forest firefighters fight in the fire field.

Photo by Man Dongfei

  At present, the fire site has a wind force of 3-4, and the spread of forest fires is stably entering the ground with intermittent canopy fire. The vegetation on the fire site is mainly Yunnan pine, shrubs and bamboo forests.

  In accordance with the deployment of the fire site joint headquarters, the Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade ordered 90 members of the Baoshan Detachment to take motorized maneuvers to arrive in Eryuan County, Dali tonight.

At the same time, a total of 261 commanders and fighters from forest firefighting teams in Kunming, Pu'er, Xishuangbanna and other places were ordered to prepare for reinforcements.

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