Fire in China
A serious forest fire broke out in a mountainous area of northern China after a spell of prolonged high temperatures and dry conditions. Fires in the Daxing'anling prefecture, Inner Mongolia spread to over 5,000 hectares.
High winds and a dry spring contributed to perfect conditions for the fires which spread more than 7km, prompting over 1300 firefighters to be deployed in tackling the fires.
A change in wind forced the fire towards the southwest making firefighting efforts more difficult. Another fire in a national nature reserve spread to neighbouring Heilongjiang Province due to high winds.
In total over 4000 people have been deployed including forest police to assist in the operation.
- Type of event
- Fire
- Location of event
- China
- Date of Charter Activation
- 2018-06-04
- Time of Charter Activation
- 05:54
- Time zone of Charter Activation
- UTC+08:00
- Charter Requestor
- National Disaster Reduction Center of China
- Activation ID
- 575
- Project Management
- CNSA/NDRCC
- Value Adding
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