Firefighters work at the site of a forest fire in Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 19, 2024. A Level III emergency response was activated Wednesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province due to multiple forest fires that broke out recently, local authorities said.
From Feb. 10 to 19, 148 forest fires were reported in Guizhou, according to a notice issued by the Guizhou forest and grassland fire prevention and emergency headquarters. (Photo by Ying Wanguang/Xinhua)
GUIYANG, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Level III emergency response was activated Wednesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province due to multiple forest fires that broke out recently, local authorities said.
On Tuesday, two people were killed while fighting a forest fire in Guizhou's Pu'an County. The fire had been contained as of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
From Feb. 10 to 19, 148 forest fires were reported in Guizhou, according to a notice issued by the Guizhou forest and grassland fire prevention and emergency headquarters.
Currently, the province faces a serious situation of forest fire prevention, and efforts should be made to extinguish the fires to safeguard people's lives and property, officials said in a teleconference on forest fire prevention work held Tuesday in Guizhou. ■
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the site of a forest fire in Huaxi District of Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. A Level III emergency response was activated Wednesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province due to multiple forest fires that broke out recently, local authorities said.
From Feb. 10 to 19, 148 forest fires were reported in Guizhou, according to a notice issued by the Guizhou forest and grassland fire prevention and emergency headquarters. (Photo by Li Guangzhi/Xinhua)
Firefighters work at the site of a forest fire in Bijie, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 19, 2024. A Level III emergency response was activated Wednesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province due to multiple forest fires that broke out recently, local authorities said.
From Feb. 10 to 19, 148 forest fires were reported in Guizhou, according to a notice issued by the Guizhou forest and grassland fire prevention and emergency headquarters. (Photo by Ying Wanguang/Xinhua)
