Many mountain fires occurred in Chongqing. At present, there are no casualties for the time being.

According to the Propaganda Department of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, since August 18, due to the continued high temperature and drought, mountains and forest fires have occurred in Chongqing Jiangjin, Dazu, Tongliang, Banan and other districts.casualties.

After the fire, Chongqing quickly launched the urban emergency plan, mobilizing a total of more than 5,000 professional rescue teams, forest fire, armed police forces, fire rescue and local cadres and the masses of professional rescue teams, forest fire protection, armed police force, fire rescue and local cadres.Seven helicopters carried out air fire extinguishing in the air, and transferred more than 540 people in a total of more than 1,500 people. At present, mountain fires have been strongly suppressed and there are no casualties for the time being.

This year is the worst extremely clear and high temperature weather in Chongqing in 1961. The fire point is steep in the mountains. In addition, it is very unfavorable for the wind and wind direction, which increases great difficulty to the fire extinguishing work.

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