China News Service, Chengdu, October 27th (Reporter Liu Zhongjun) On the morning of the 27th, the funeral ceremony for the ashes of Sichuan forest firefighter Cai Maoqiang, who died heroically in the disposal of the forest fire, was held at the Martyrs Cemetery in Wenchuan County, Sichuan. Cai Maoqiang's relatives, the masses, teammates, etc. Send the martyrs their last journey, and say goodbye to the heroes who put out the fire.
In Wenchuan County, the masses offered chrysanthemums and tears to bid farewell to hero Cai Maoqiang.
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When the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake occurred in 2008, 9-year-old Cai Maoqiang was in the third grade of primary school.
During the Wenchuan earthquake, Yueli Village, Weizhou Town, Wenchuan County, where his home is located, felt the earthquake strongly. The house collapsed and his parents were injured.
The armed police soldiers who arrived in time rescued Cai Maoqiang's family from the rubble.
The teammates in the martyr's cemetery bid farewell to the strong soldier Cai Mao.
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After graduating from secondary school, he learned that the forest fire brigade was recruiting new firefighters. Cai Maoqiang signed up immediately and joined the national comprehensive fire rescue team after layers of selection.
Since joining the team, he has secretly made up his mind to be a high-quality fire and rescue personnel.
When he just left the team, because his physical fitness was not enough, Cai Maoqiang used the rest time to "add meals". In addition to normal training, he insisted on "three hundred" every day.
After unremitting efforts, he has become the first water pump operator among the same batch of new firefighters. He is proficient in comprehensive rescue skills such as forest and grassland fire fighting, earthquakes, and water areas. Task.
The people of Wenchuan welcomed Mr. Cai Maoliang to go home.
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Walking into the dormitory of Wenchuan Squadron Cai Maoqiang and his teammates, the "tofu block" quilt, hat and belt were neatly placed on the bed.
When the teammates were cleaning their suitcases, an instruction booklet pressed under the clothes caught the teammates' attention. The instruction booklet said "snoring device".
"He also bought this..." Teammate Yu Houliang said that Cai Mao emphasized that he had lived with him for a year before entering the second class, and he often snored when he slept.
When getting up to go to the toilet during a lunch break, Yu Houliang found Cai Maoqiang wrapped in a coat and curled up on the radiator floor of the study room.
After inquiries, Cai Maoqiang said that he always snores when he sleeps. He happened to be on fire prevention duty that day. Everyone was very tired.
"I just found out today that he quietly bought a snoring device." Yu Houliang choked a little.
Cai Maoqiang's teammate Li Chuang recalled that when the squadron carried out a 5-kilometer load-bearing training, he fell behind due to a cramp in his foot. Cai Maoqiang rushed over in time after finding it.
He took the rucksack and carried it on his body, while squatting down to take off his shoes and massage his feet.
Cai Maoqiang always loves his teammates who fight side by side in this unknown way.
He has a scar above his right eyebrow from an injury during a machine training session.
He was in a protective position at the time when the squadron was undergoing equipment training.
Unexpectedly, the horizontal bar suddenly broke, and the teammate Kuang Honggang who was on the bar suddenly fell.
In order to protect his teammates from injury, Cai Maoqiang quickly stepped forward to catch his teammates, but he was injured by the horizontal bar.
Wenchuan people cross the road to welcome the fire fighting hero home.
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In 2022, forest fires occurred in Mianning County, Sichuan Province, Qianfeng District, Guang'an City and other places.
At the critical moment when the safety of people's lives and property was seriously threatened, Cai Maoqiang and his teammates overcame the unfavorable factors such as complex terrain, high mountains and steep slopes, and continuous combat, dared to fight, fought bravely, and successfully completed Daqiao Town, Mianning County, Liangshan Prefecture. Seven forest fire rescue missions including Qianfeng District of Guang'an City, Linshui County of Guang'an City, and Dazu District of Chongqing City.
In the disposal of forest fires in Dazu District, Chongqing City, in the face of high temperature and heat, Cai Maoqiang and his teammates fought continuously for 7 days and nights, and never took a step back in putting out the open fire and cleaning up the remaining fire.
Teammates salute Cai Mao strong and tearfully say goodbye.
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On October 17, 2022, a forest fire broke out in Xintian County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. Cai Maoqiang accompanied the team thousands of miles to maneuver and reinforce across regions, always sticking to the front line of the battle.
At about 9:42 on October 21st, the fire site burst into flames.
In order to cover the evacuation of the local firefighters and teammates, Comrade Cai Maoqiang, who stayed at the back, was severely burned and died heroically after all the rescue efforts failed.
The people of the hometown outside the high-speed toll station welcomed the hero home.
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Cai Maoqiang's personal We-media account has a video clip of sitting on the hillside covered in mud, eating ice cream, and lying on the ground in his clothes when he and his teammates were on a forest firefighting mission in Dazu, Chongqing. Hero, it's just a group of young people wearing a suit of armor." On October 26, the ashes of Cai Mao strongly returned to his hometown of Wenchuan County, Sichuan from Hunan, and the local people greeted the hero home.
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