China News Service, Chongqing, August 19th: Directly attacking the Fuling Mountain Fire in Chongqing: Volunteers relay to lift water to extinguish the residual fire and the rescue group gathers good-hearted people from all over the world
Author Liang Qinqing Liu Xian
"The sprayer (extinguishing fire) is too slow, change the bucket!" Under the scorching sun, the terrain was steep and rugged. Twenty or thirty volunteers barely stood along the mountain, lined up in long queues, and used buckets to collect water from the small ditch in the low-lying area, passing one by one. , the relay went to a high place, and splashed on the embers of the still smoking wildfire.
This is a short scene in the rescue of the Fuling Mountain Fire in Chongqing.
On August 17, fires broke out in the mountains and forests under the jurisdiction of Lizhi Street and Jiangbei Street in Fuling District, Chongqing.
After struggling to put out the fire, the two open fires were basically extinguished in the afternoon of the 18th.
The fire caused no casualties.
On the evening of the 18th, the two fires reignited and spread to varying degrees.
A reporter from Chinanews.com saw on Binjiang Avenue in Fuling District at 3 a.m. on the 19th that the fire on the other side was raging and the Yangtze River was red. The smoke filled the mountains as high as the mountains. Suspended ashes.
At about 7 o'clock, many helicopters went to and from the Yangtze River to fetch water to put out the fire.
There are still some open fires at the scene, and thick smoke is clearly visible.
On the same day, the highest temperature in Chongqing reached 45 ℃.
The wildfires under the high temperature and even clear weather are particularly worrying.
Local people spontaneously set up a "Fuling Volunteer Rescue Group" on WeChat to provide relief materials and make strong contributions.
"We sent cotton swabs, iodine, and hemostatic powder over." "We are now in three shifts to maintain our physical strength, and we can leave at any time if we need it."
Located at the foot of the mountain, the Huangqi Community Service Center of the Jiangbei Sub-district Office of Fuling District is the "base camp" for the volunteers of this WeChat group.
At about 10 o'clock, the sun was scorching hot, and volunteers from all over the world performed their duties and shuttled in and out of the service center.
Heatstroke prevention medicine, water, dry food, sunscreen tools, paper towels...the collected materials are listed in the classification code.
"Before the fire came over, all residents in the streets and communities had been evacuated from their houses. At present, there were no casualties and no damage to the houses." Hu Zhangxiong, secretary of the Huangqi Community Party Committee and director of the Residents' Committee, told reporters that after the efforts of the first two days, the fire was ignited. Preliminary control, there is still very little residual fire now.
Local people and rescue teams from various parties are cutting the isolation belt and clearing the embers.
Volunteers form a long queue, lift up and down, pass back and forth, and send buckets of water to high places to douse the embers.
Photo by Liang Qinqing
While speaking, a group of volunteers began to gather the whole team.
Most of them were young and middle-aged men, armed with machetes, gloves, sunstroke prevention medicine, etc., lined up, reported the number, assembled to get on the car, and went into the mountains to clean up the embers.
Luo Weisheng, the team leader, is from Gansu and has worked in Chongqing for 12 years. After learning that there was a fire in Fuling, he signed up to go there as soon as possible - "It is our duty to go up the mountain to fight the fire."
The reporter followed the volunteer team to a place where the embers of the wildfire were still smoking.
It used to be a bamboo forest after returning farmland to forest, but now the burning traces are clearly visible, and when you step on the black scorched soil, you can clearly feel the high temperature from the ground.
When the reporter touched the half-burned bamboo, he immediately shrank his hands from the burn.
The embers were high up on the mountain, with few roads approaching.
Volunteers stepped on the newly cut bamboo branches and leaves, forming a long queue in tacit understanding, lifting up and down, passing back and forth, and sending buckets of water to high places to douse the embers.
About half an hour later, the smoke gradually dissipated.
Volunteer Mr. He repeatedly used the branches to pluck the grass and tree ash on the ground to check whether there are any remaining sparks, to ensure complete fire extinguishing and prevent re-ignition.
When evacuating down the mountain, volunteer Li Xiuhong told reporters that the three sisters all came to support the firefighting. "My sister knew through a WeChat group that there was a need for volunteers, so my sister and I each carried a backpack and brought food to everyone."
Carrying supplies, extinguishing the remaining fire... The three sisters did what they saw when they came.
Why spend dozens of dollars for a taxi and take risks to come to volunteer?
"Everyone should take precautions." Li Zhihong, one of the three sisters, said: "If someone else suffers a disaster, we will help. If our place also suffers a disaster, everyone will come to support us."
From July 1st to August 18th, the highest temperature in 15 districts and counties in Chongqing broke the local high temperature record for the same period, and the extreme maximum temperature in 31 districts and counties exceeded 40°C; .
Under the continuous clear and high temperature extreme weather, urban and rural fire prevention work has become more difficult.
In addition to Fuling, there have also been wildfires in Jiangjin, Nanchuan and other places in Chongqing recently, and all forces have worked hard to rescue them.
As of press time, various support and encouragement information in the "Fuling Volunteer Rescue Group" is still being refreshed, and more than 100 people have been added in the past 10 hours.
Some friends in the group said: "This group is still kept, and there are major events in Fuling to continue. They are all good-hearted people." (End)