Forest fire breaks out in Hoang Lien National Park
(VOV) - Fire swept through an area of Hoang Lien National Park, about 10 km from southwest of Lao Cai province’s Sa Pa district on February 2.
Despite difficult hilly terrain, the firefighters managed tostamp out some of the small fires by noon on February 3.
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Nguyen Ngoc Hinh, Vice Chairman of Sa Pa district’s People’s Committee confirmed that several small fires were now under control.
However, 300 fight fighters have been mobilized to tackle the fire which is at risk of spreading to the primeval forest.
It is estimated that the fire will be extinguished by the end of February 3.