20160321 Vietnam Fire destroys forest in Nghệ An
Vietnam Mar 21 2016 “Forest”
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Fire destroys forest in Nghệ An
Updated: 2016-03-21-12:30
The fire lasted four days and destroyed hundreds of ha of forest.
A fire on Pu Mô Mountain in the central Nghệ An Province’s Kỳ Sơn District has destroyed hundreds of hectares of forests.
The fire was stamped out yesterday after four days.
Local authorities mobilised thousands of people, including police, soldiers and the local people, to join the fire-fighting work.
A district official told Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper that the fire broke out at a height of about 1,700m and the firefighters had walk five hours to reach the site.
There was 40cm to 50cm thick vegetation in the area, making it harder to extinguish the fire, he said.
Web Source: Vietnam News
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