Mr. Hoang Hai Minh (middle, wearing a green hat) directed the timely handling of the forest fire in Phong Phu ward.

Here, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Hoang Hai Minh requested the authorities and functional forces to investigate and clarify the cause of the fire in order to have a suitable handling direction. Currently, the hot weather is still complicated, the risk of forest fires is high, so ward leaders and local authorities need to strictly implement the responsibility of managing forest fire prevention and fighting, strengthen inspection and supervision of forest fire prevention and fighting early and from afar.

There must be a plan to arrange forces and equipment for fire prevention and fighting fully and it must be considered a central and continuous task. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen propaganda and education to raise awareness and responsibility of people in using fire in forests and near forests, especially when handling vegetation; strictly handle acts of using fire that can cause forest fires during the summer, when the risk of forest fires is high...

Bringing vehicles to the scene to extinguish the forest fire in Phong Phu at noon on July 19

Previously, around noon of the same day, the authorities received a report of a forest fire from the people, which occurred at lots 9, 11 and 166, plot 1, sub-area 1, Phong Thanh commune, Phong Dien town (old). Immediately afterwards, the Regional Forest Protection Department mobilized vehicles, machinery and more than 200 people from the forest rangers, police, militia, local youth... to quickly approach the scene and deploy fire fighting measures. The burnt forest area is a planted forest, belonging to the 661 project of many local households with more than 9 hectares burned and nearly 30 hectares affected.

Due to the hot and windy weather, the forces were assigned to create a fire barrier and at the same time, deploy machinery and equipment to extinguish the fire, preventing it from spreading to other areas. After more than 2 hours, the burnt forest area was controlled and extinguished.

Minh Song

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