Efforts are being made to seal off the forest fires in the northern part of the Greater Khingan Mountains in Inner Mongolia. Forestry is still burning. | Greater Khingan Mountains in Inner Mongolia | Forest fires
The reporter learned from the Ecological and Agricultural Meteorological Center of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that at 09:00 on August 10th, satellite remote sensing monitoring showed that forest fires were still burning in the northern part of the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area, including the Alongshan Forestry Bureau and the Mangui Forestry Bureau. The high-temperature area of the Alongshan Forestry Bureau is relatively large, and the fire is currently at level one southeast wind. The fire scene at the Alongshan Forestry Bureau has obvious smoke plumes, with a length exceeding 50 kilometers. The Ecological and Agricultural Meteorological Center is on 24-hour monitoring duty, closely monitoring the development of the fire.
According to the Office of the Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Control Command of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, since August 6th, a total of 15 lightning forest fires have occurred in the northern part of the Greater Khingan Mountains forest area in Inner Mongolia. As of 9:30 am on August 10th, 11 cases have been closed, 1 case has been fully sealed, and 3 cases are currently being put out.
On the evening of August 9th, a fire was discovered at the Tarangkong Forest Farm and Mangui Mengku Forest Farm in Arongshan. The Inner Mongolia Daxing'anling Forest Fire Brigade and the Inner Mongolia Forest Industry Group Forestry Firefighting Team reinforced more than 100 people overnight to extinguish the fire, and the forestry firefighting team followed up to clean up.
After a night of hard work, the southwest line of Alongshan Abai Forest Farm was sealed off at 8:00 am on August 10th. Fire rescue personnel from the Daxing'anling Branch and Hulunbuir Branch of Inner Mongolia Forest Fire Brigade are setting up isolation zones to thoroughly clean up the fire.
As of now, rescue forces from all sides are fighting, and the overall situation of each fire is controllable. The weather at the fire site has turned cloudy, and the temperature has decreased slightly. Each fire site seized the favorable opportunity to focus on tackling the problem.