China News Service, Chengdu, April 25 (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) On the 25th, significant progress was made in fighting forest fires in Ma'an Village, Shilong Town, Mianning County, Sichuan Province. The line extinguishing effect is obvious, the fire is weakened, and the smoke point is reduced. The rescue teams are continuing to fight and clear the fire.
At 16:30 on April 20, 2021, a forest fire broke out in Group 9 of Ma'an Village, Shilong Town, Mianning County, Liangshan Prefecture.
The Huochang Mountain has high slopes and steep slopes. The forests are mainly mixed shrubs, with a small number of Yunnan pine.
On the evening of the 23rd, an instantaneous level 8 wind burst into flames, causing another mountain to catch fire, forming a new fire scene.
The United Finger promptly evacuated 585 households with 2,611 people who might be affected, ensuring the safety of the people's lives.
Rescuers cleared the fire scene.
Photo by Ji Di
According to the fire situation, the front-line headquarters organized more than 2,000 people from the Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade, Liangshan Prefecture Fire Rescue Detachment, Armed Police Liangshan Prefecture Detachment, Liangshan Prefecture Professional Fire Fighting Team, semi-professional fire fighting team, and militiamen to fight the fire.
At the same time, we made full use of the newly-built fire-prevention passages, isolation belts, and equipped equipment and facilities to rush to the fire site to fight the fire as soon as possible, effectively preventing the fire from spreading in a large area.
The forecast information provided by the Meteorological Department showed that the weather was clear from 5 am to 11 am on the 25th in Mianning, and the wind was level 4 to 5. After 11 pm, the wind increased, and the frontline joint command of the fire site ordered the rescue teams to seize the relatively favorable weather conditions. , Mobilizing rescue forces to launch fire fighting from 4 am.
Rescuers are extinguishing open flames under the forest.
Photo by Ji Di
The front-line headquarters of the fire site judged that the current focus of the fire development is the northern and eastern lines of the No. 2 fire site caused by flying fires. There are long intermittent fire lines and dense smoke. If the fire is not handled properly in time, the fire will be followed up. Development brings hidden dangers.
The front-line headquarters is based on the Sichuan Forest Fire Fighting Corps, which is equipped with local forces to provide remote water supply by water vehicles.
At 4 o'clock in the morning on the 25th, open flames on the northeast and northwest lines of the fire site were extinguished to clear the remaining fire.
It is understood that in order to implement scientific and precise command, commanders at all levels of the Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade organized teams to conduct surveys before approaching the line of fire, using drones for aerial patrols, infrared binoculars, and night vision devices to supplement investigations, and fully grasp the situation and causes of the fire. It is easy to miss fire and smoke points under vegetation cover and night, so reasonably determine the location of the breach and the fire-fighting route.
At 5 a.m., after the fire fighting team approached the line of fire, they launched a full-scale attack on the southeast, east, northwest and west lines of the fire site. Six helicopters carried out continuous bucket sprinkler operations. Local professional fire fighting teams followed up to clean up and guard the fire site.
The helicopter is carrying water to extinguish the fire.
Photo by Ji Di
At 13:00 on the 25th, the southern and western lines of the fire site continued to be under stable control. The northwest and southeast lines were effective in fighting the fire. The fire weakened and the smoke point decreased. All rescue teams continued to fight the fire.
It is reported that the rescue forces have extinguished 53.2 kilometers of fire-fighting lines, extinguished 77 open flames, and cleared 2,382 smoke points in the past five days.
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