As of early afternoon of February 20, functional forces have controlled two forest fires in Hoang Lien National Park (Lao Cai province), and one more point is gathering forces to closely monitor and fight the fire.
Regarding the forest fire in Hoang Lien National Park, on the afternoon of February 20, talking with a reporter from VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper, a representative of the Forest Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that this agency had just Document sent to the People’s Committee of Lao Cai province, requesting to direct the functional forces to mobilize forces to urgently control and extinguish forest fires.
The Forest Protection Department also requested that Lao Cai province take measures to absolutely ensure the safety of property and lives of people in the area and forces participating in fighting forest fires in Hoang Lien National Park.
Previously, at about 1:40 p.m. on February 19, the forest patrol force of the Hoang Lien National Park Management Board discovered a fire in grass hills and planted forests in Sub-zone 286, Na Hang area (far from the Seo Forest Ranger Station). My Ty is about 5km), located in Seo My Ty village, Ta Van commune, Sapa town, Lao Cai province.
Immediately after discovering the fire, officers from the Forest Ranger Station in the Seo My Ty area informed the People’s Committee of Left Van commune to mobilize the militia and forest protection group of Seo My Ty village to approach the fire to put out the fire. fire.
By the morning of February 20, Hoang Lien National Park mobilized nearly 400 people from the on-site force to approach and extinguish the fire. However, due to strong Hoang Lien winds, the fire area is difficult to access, so the fire has not been controlled.
However, because the fire point is located at an altitude of about 1,900m above sea level, the vegetation is thick, and the wind is very strong, so fire extinguishing work has encountered many difficulties, the fire has spread more than 10 hectares.
As of early afternoon of February 20, the functional forces had controlled 2 fire points, and 1 more point was gathering forces to closely follow and fight the fire.
Currently, authorities estimate that nearly 20 hectares of Hoang Lien National Park forest has spread from fire.
According to a leader of the Forest Protection Department, currently the weather in Lao Cai province is relatively dry and windy. This is one of the reasons why the fire spread and the authorities had many difficulties in putting out the fire.
“Usually the first months of the year are the time when there is a risk of large fires. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development requests the People’s Committee of Lao Cai province to strengthen the implementation of forest fire prevention and fighting; Organize and implement documents of the Prime Minister and the Ministry on strengthening forest protection and forest fire prevention and fighting,” informed a representative of the Forest Protection Department.