At noon on March 26, responding to VTC News reporter, Mr. Sung A Chua - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Mu Cang Chai district, Yen Bai province, said that a forest fire had just occurred in the area, causing damage to about 3 hectares of regenerated forest. .
According to Vice Chairman of Mu Cang Chai District People's Committee, the fire occurred at around 13:30 p.m. on March 25, in the forest area in Dao Cu Nha and Hu Tru Linh villages (bordering Che Tao and Lao Chai communes).
“As soon as the news was received, the local government mobilized a force of more than 200 people including police, army, rangers, militia, youth union members and people divided into 4 directions to approach the scene. , conducting zoning and controlling forest fires.
By 6 a.m. on March 26, the forest fire in Dao Cu Nha and Hu Tru Linh villages, Lao Chai commune was completely controlled. Mr. Chua informed.
The area where the forest fire occurred.
The area where the forest fire occurred was high in the mountains, with many trees and grass, and strong winds caused the fire to spread very quickly, making zoning and controlling the fire very difficult.
“Relevant units are inventorying the damage and investigating the cause of the forest fire. Initially, it was determined that about 2,5 hectares of regenerated forest area was completely burned, the remaining was reed grass and people's grazing land. Vice Chairman of Mu Cang Chai District People's Committee said.
In the past month, Yen Bai province had at least 1 forest fires in Mu Cang Chai, Tram Tau districts and Nghia Lo town.
Most recently, a large fire broke out on Ta Pu Su peak in Tuc Dan commune, Tram Tau district, lasting 2 days (March 5-7), causing nearly 3 hectares of forest to burn down.
The cause of forest fires is mainly due to prolonged dry weather and people being careless when using fire to burn fields.
