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The blaze occurred at 17:00, threatening the 220kV power line. After receiving the information, firefighters of Thua Thien - Hue province went to the scene with six fire engines. Photo: qdnd.vn Due to the difficult terrain, the force found it hard to approach the blaze. Thus, the provincial Military Command mobilized over 300 troops to join hands with local people and staff of the provincial Power Transmission Company to fight the forest fire. It took the firefighting forces over two hours to get the fire under control. Translated by Khanh Ngan … [Read more...] about Troops help locals extinguish forest fire in Thua Thien

Troops of Division 968 extinguishing fire in Quang Ninh The blaze occurred at 4.30pm of the day. Upon learning the information, Division 968 immediately sent 400 troops to the scene to coordinate with available forces and locals to extinguish the fire. After about 30 minutes of fighting, the fire was put out, leaving just more than 100m2 of forest destroyed. This was a pine forest planted on sand; therefore, the prolonged heat waves in the area dried the pine trees which made it prone to fire. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Division 968 helps locals extinguish forest fire

After receiving the information about the blaze breaking out at 1:00pm of the same day, nearly 200 troops of the region’s affiliated units rushed to the scene to put out the fire. Photo: qdnd.vn Despite hot weather and strong winds, the firefighting forces managed to get the fire under control later at midnight of the day. The cause of the fire is now under investigation. Translated by Song Anh … [Read more...] about Troops help extinguish forest fire in Ha Tinh

Troops creating anti-burning lanes to prevent the fire from spreading After receiving the information about the fire breaking out at 2 p.m, 15 troops of the Nhat Le Station raced to the scene to put out the fire. Despite the hot weather and strong winds, the firefighting forces managed to get the fire under control later in the evening of the day. It was estimated that 15 hectares of sand-shielding protection and acacia forests were burned out. There was no report on casualty yet. Last September, fire also burnt down 100 hectares of protection and production forests in this locality. Translated by Nguyet Minh – Van Dat … [Read more...] about Troops extinguish forest fire in Quang Binh