At about 3 am on August 19, the reporter saw on Binjiang Avenue, Fuling District, Chongqing City, that the mountain fire on the other side was still burning.
On the evening of August 17, on the official WeChat account "Fuling Release" of the Propaganda Department of the Fuling District Party Committee, the Information Office of the Fuling District Government of Chongqing announced that at 18:28 and 20:30 on August 17, 2022 , Fires broke out in the mountains and forests under the jurisdiction of Lizhi Street and Jiangbei Street.
The Fuling District immediately activated the emergency plan and organized the fire fighting force to go to the rescue.
At present, nearby residents have been evacuated in time, and no casualties have been reported.
The fire area and cause of the fire are under investigation.
At 8:00 a.m. on August 18, the Information Office of the Fuling District Government of Chongqing announced that at around 07:50 on August 18, 2022, after the city and district firefighters made every effort to put out the fire, the mountain, forest and mountain fires under the jurisdiction of Jiangbei Sub-district had been rescued. Effective control, the open fire has been basically extinguished, no casualties, the area of fire and the cause of the fire are under further investigation and verification.
On the evening of August 18, the "Fuling Announcement" issued a message calling on the public: The Fuling mountain fire rescue is being carried out in an orderly manner, and the rescue forces and materials are sufficient.
As of press time, the rescue is still going on.
(Reporter Xiao Jiangchuan)
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]