The eastern, northern and western parts of the forest fires in Tacheng Township, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province have been basically contained.

The eastern, northern and western parts of the forest fires in Tacheng Township, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province have been basically contained. - Isportmall
Last Up dated : November 15, 2023 11: 30 AM (lo cal time)

According to the latest anno unc ement by the Yun nan Forest Fire Brig ade , as of 11: 00 am on November 15, it was confirmed that the large - s cale forest fire that broke out in Tach eng Town ship , Y ulong Na xi Aut on omo us County , Li jiang City , has been success fully sup press ed in the eas tern , north ern and wes tern areas of the fire Whatsapp .

Important Po ints : At present , the fire area has reached about 45 hect ares , and the local government and the fire brig ade are working together to do everything possible to prevent the fire from spre ading . The evacu ation of the population has been completed and no reports of human casu al ties have been reported at this time .

Current situation of repres sion work

About 320 fire f igh ters and three helic op ters have been dep lo yed in the fire , and progress has been made as follows :

  • Eastern fire Whatsapp:: Comple te repres sion confirmed and monitoring system in place
  • north ern fire Whatsapp: The main fire point has been ex ting u ished and the rema ining fire treatment work is under way
  • Western fire Whatsapp: It is in a basic contain ment state , but a small fire has been confirmed in some areas

New develop ments in the west and south

A sudden increase in wind speed (max imum instant ane ous wind speed of 15 m/s) occur red at around 6 p . m . on the 14 th , caus ing an une x pect ed expl osion in the west and south ern fire Whatsapps . Due to these weather changes :

  1. Fire powder travel s across the fire zone in the wind , form ing a new ign ition point
  2. Due to the ste ep sl ope terra in , fire f ight ing activities are difficult in the situation .
  3. Fire f igh ters change tac tics and step up a erial fire f ight ing

Future response policies

Zhang , head of Yun nan Prov in cial Forest Fire Brig ade , revealed the following policy at a press conference :

" The top priority now is prevent ing prolong ed bur ning in the south ern region . The weather fore cast predic ts that the dr ought will continue for the next 24 hours , and we will proceed in parallel with inten sive water dr ops by fire - f ight ing helic op ters and the ex pansion of the fire - f ight ing zone by ground forces . "

It will also strengthen cooperation with local meteor ological observat ories and introduce an early warning system for changes in wind direction . A real - time notification system has been established to provide residents with up - to - date information via SMS .

Exper ts ' view

Professor Wang , an expert in forest fire pre vention , from Yun nan University , analys es the situation as follows :

" The area of Tach eng Town ship has experienced a 30% dec re ase in precip itation compared with previous years , and the extr eme dr ought has continued . " This out bur st sugg ests that new fire pre vention strategi es are needed that also take into account the impa cts of climate change . "

The fire department plans to maintain a 72 - hour surveillance system for the contain ed area and introduce an infr ared surveillance system using dr ones to do everything possible to prevent a re - ign ition .

Information on future develop ments will be up dated from time to time with the official anno unc ement of Yun nan Forest Fire Brig ade .

Release date: 2025-12-07 01:08:29