The forest fire that broke out Wednesday night in a mountain
area of north China's Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region has been under control, local
government said Friday afternoon.
A total of 1,387 fire fighters and forest police officers were
mobilized Thursday evening to put out the forest fire in the
Gaojishan forestry located in the Uynur Township of the Hulun Buir
City.
By the early morning of Friday, most of the fires had been
quenched. There was no strong wind in the afternoon in the
forestry, so the fire did not recover and was "basically brought
under control," according to local officials.
No casualties have been reported.
Forest police officers and staff members of the forestry are
still stationed there to clear the scenes and guard against more
fires.
The Gaojishan mountain area is covered with thick springwood of
birch and has a very complicated topography. The cause of the fire
is still under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency October 15, 2005)