A fire broke out again in Daxinganling, Inner Mongolia due to lightning strike?

According to the information from the fire prevention headquarters of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and other departments, on July 6th 1 1, a forest fire broke out in Gaodi Forest Farm of Mangui Forestry Bureau, a key state-owned forest area in Daxinganling, Inner Mongolia, and it is still being put out with all efforts.

After the fire was discovered, the local people immediately organized personnel to put out the fire. Because the fire was dry for many days, the temperature was high, the mountain was high and steep, and it was difficult for human resources to put it out. In the early morning of the 7th, the fire spread to Hufei Mountain Management and Protection Zone of Huzhong Forest Farm in Huzhong Forestry Bureau, Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province. Up to now, all the open fires in Daxinganling, Heilongjiang Province have been extinguished, and rescuers are making every effort to push forward the rescue work in Inner Mongolia. A strong fire broke out in Daxinganling, Inner Mongolia. The fire line was 900 meters long and the fire developed rapidly.

More than 3000 soldiers and 9 planes have been put into battle in the local area. The fire area is being investigated, and there are no casualties. At present, the National Forest Defense Office has started the Class IV response of the national forest fire emergency plan.

According to the national forest defense index data, from June 14 to July 5, there were many forest fires in Daxinganling forest area, mainly concentrated in the northern forest area of Daxinganling, which were all caused by lightning. All of them were put out in a short time, and no serious forest fires and casualties occurred, which created a great success in successfully handling concentrated lightning forest fires.

Since the summer, the Daxinganling forest region has encountered rare high temperature, drought and thunderstorm weather. There has been no effective precipitation in the past 20 days, and moderate to severe drought has occurred in some areas; The temperature continues to be high, with the highest temperature reaching 37℃; Since June, dry thunderstorms have continued, and tens of thousands of thunder and lightning have been detected in the northern part of Daxing 'anling, and the fire prevention situation is extremely severe.