Inside the area of fire spots in Hoang Lien Son National Park, the fire is still burning, localizing and controlling the fire by the authorities faces countless difficulties.
At noon on February 20, after additional mobilization, a force of nearly 840 people (of which 640 people directly participated in firefighting) began moving to fire spots in Hoang Lien Son National Park.
After more than 3 hours of traveling by motorbike and on foot from Ta Van ranger station, Sa Pa town, support forces approached fire spots in the fire area in sub-zone 186 of Hoang Lien National Park.
The walking path to the fire spots is a craggy trail, on one side is a steep cliff, on the other is a deep stream. The journey is less than 5km but extremely arduous and difficult.
At the gathering point in sub-area 186, the functional forces divided into different locations to extinguish the fire, localize it, and prevent the fire from spreading.
Following in the footsteps of the authorities, the reporter noted that pieces of regenerated forest burned down the vegetation layer.
Many forests were burned down.
Patches of black ash were left on the ground, and the remaining trees were also withered due to the effects of the fires.
At the time the reporter was present, the Na Hang area towards Den Thang village, Ta Van commune was still burning brightly.
This is a large fire point with an altitude of about 1,900m above sea level, difficult terrain, high winds constantly changing directions, combined with sunny weather, so it tends to spread and cause difficulties for fire forces. quantity.
In this area, the fire is still burning, explosions can be heard miles away.
On the same afternoon, Mr. Trinh Xuan Truong, Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People’s Committee, came to the scene to inspect and direct forest fire fighting work.
Present at the Provisional Command Post, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee directed the Sa Pa Town People’s Committee to coordinate with functional forces to continue implementing the fire fighting plan according to the motto “4 on the spot”.
At the same time, carefully analyze the scene and actively deploy a forest fire fighting plan to ensure safety and effectiveness; Prepare well the logistical conditions, ensure adequate food and water supply for forces directly participating in fighting forest fires in the field.
Up to now, 2 out of 3 fire spots in Hoang Lien Son National Park have been controlled. Through preliminary statistics, the fire area is about 25 hectares (mainly poor forest, grass, reeds and vegetation).
