At 17:00 on March 30, a forest fire broke out in Muli County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province. A total of 689 officers and local firefighters from Liangshan Prefecture Branch of Sichuan Forest Fire Brigade put out the fire in the primeval forest at an altitude of more than 4000 meters.
During the transition, affected by the sudden change of wind direction and wind speed, some firefighters lost contact with mountain fire. According to CCTV, as of today's 18:30, the bodies of the 30 firefighters who lost contact have all been found, including 27 forest fire fighters and 3 local firefighters. Mourn the fire heroes! Salute them!
The hero's body has arrived in Xichang in the early morning. On a cold night, many citizens and volunteers spontaneously took to the streets to welcome the hero home. On both sides of the road, Liangshan people came to see off the fire-fighting heroes
All the bodies of the lost firefighters have been found
At about 23:00 on April 1, according to the news released by Xinhua Weibo @ Xinhua view, the bodies of all 30 people who lost contact have been found and transported down the mountain. Next, we will do our best to put out the fire and put out the fire as soon as possible on the premise of ensuring safety; At the same time, we should do our best to deal with the aftermath, organize the reception of the families of the victims, implement the identification of the remains of the victims, promote the implementation of the relevant preferential policies, and transport the remains of 27 forest firefighters back to Xichang overnight.
Reporters yesterday afternoon found that the official website of the emergency management department has become black and white.
Causes of fire in Muli, Liangshan Prefecture
Liangshan Forest Public Security Bureau related staff told surging news that the remains of the victims will be DNA tested by forensic medicine to determine their specific identity. In addition, the bureau is investigating the cause of the fire, the specific situation is subject to the official notice.
What are the causes of forest and grassland fires?
--More than 90% were caused by human factors
According to the data released by the office of the National Forest and grassland fire control headquarters in March this year, the spring prevention period has always been a period of high incidence of major forest and grassland fires in China. Since 1987, 71 major forest fires have occurred in China, with 60% concentrated in this period.
In addition, this set of data also shows that the spring prevention period is still the most difficult period for field fire control. Traditional folk fire, sacrificial fire and spring production fire are intertwined. Activities such as mountain outing tourism, picking mountain goods and traveling with donkey friends are frequent. More than 90% of forest and grassland fires are caused by burning paper, smoking, burning straw and setting off fireworks.
In addition to human factors, unfavorable meteorological conditions, phenological conditions and basic conditions are also the causes of forest fires. Recently, the office of the National Forest and grassland fire control headquarters has put forward the corresponding unfavorable conditions.
For example, in terms of meteorological factors, including the possible increase of extreme weather such as local high temperature, drought and dry thunderstorm due to the influence of El Nino phenomenon; in terms of phenological conditions, it includes the significant increase of forest coverage and grassland vegetation coverage in China, the significant increase of fuel load in forest and pastoral areas, and the far overweight critical value of forest and grassland fire in some places.