Forest fires in China
Local forestry sources confirmed Monday that two forest fires bad broken out Sunday in northest China’s Heilongjiang Province.
By press time more than 1320 firemen and forest rangers battling the two blaces located at Galashan Forest Farm of Heihe City and Kanduhe Forest Farm at the Greater Hinggan Mountains, the sources said.
The province has set up a fire control headquarters to organize more people to assist in extinguishing the fires.At thetime of reporting more than 370 fire-fighters were tackling the fires.Forest fires first broke out in Helhe City on May 17 and over 20 sika deer (Cervus Nippon) raised on a farmwere killed in the fire. No human deaths or injuries have been reported to date.
(Xinhua News Agency, China.org.cn May 23, 2006)
当地林业消息来源证实,周一这两个森林火灾坏爆发周日,在中国东北的黑龙江省。
由新闻时间多于第1320消防员和森林骑兵战两blaces位于galashan林场黑河市和kanduhe林场在更大的兴安岭,这位人士说。
全省已成立了消防控制总部举办更多的人,以协助灭火fires.at thetime报告超过370消防战士攻坚fires.forest火灾首先发生在helhe市5月17日和20多个梅花鹿鹿(梅花鹿)提出了一个farmwere死亡,在火中。任何人的死亡或受伤,迄今未报告。
(新华通讯社, china.org.cn 2006年5月23日)