Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has instructed fire fighting units
to tighten forest fire control measures after a spate of recently
fires.
He said it was important to implement prevention measures,
monitor possible risks and promote education.
Fire fighters on Wednesday succeeded in subduing two forest
fires that started Monday in northeast Heilongjiang Province.
On May 5, a fire broke out in virgin forest in the Greater
Khingan Range in northern China's Inner Mongolia region and was
extinguished two days later after 2,000 fire fighters, police and
forestry officials were mobilized.
A notice issued by the State Forest Fire Prevention
Headquarters, the National Afforestation Committee and the State
Forestry Bureau, urged local fire control staff to remain alert and
prepare for a rapid response to fire call outs.
(Xinhua News Agency May 12, 2006)
