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Nghe An battles massive forest fire with firebreaks

Nghe An battles massive forest fire with firebreaks

500 people were deployed to create firebreaks Saturday night to prevent a Nghe An forest fire spanning hundreds of hectares from spreading.
Woman gets two years in prison for sparking forest fire

Woman gets two years in prison for sparking forest fire

A Ha Tinh court Friday sentenced a local woman to two years in jail for inadvertently setting fire to seven hectares of forest.
October 12, 2019 | 04:00 am PT
Three men to be charged for causing forest fire in central Vietnam

Three men to be charged for causing forest fire in central Vietnam

Police in Ha Tinh Province are set to charge three local men who inadvertently burned down a patch of forest while smoking beehives.
July 17, 2019 | 07:59 pm PT
Woman arrested for unintentionally starting wildfire in central Vietnam

Woman arrested for unintentionally starting wildfire in central Vietnam

Police in Ha Tinh Province arrested a local woman on Wednesday for accidentally burning three hectares of forest while burning grass nearby.
July 10, 2019 | 05:02 pm PT
Neither safe nor effective to deploy copters in forest fire fight

Neither safe nor effective to deploy copters in forest fire fight

It's neither safe nor effective to deploy helicopters to extinguish forest fires in central Vietnam, says Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue.
July 1, 2019 | 06:34 am PT
Electricity restored after forest fires impact transmission lines

Electricity restored after forest fires impact transmission lines

Vietnam Electricity has fully restored northern and central power grids after forest fires affected the 500 kV North-South transmission line Friday.
June 29, 2019 | 12:21 am PT
Central Vietnam tackles forest fires on war footing

Central Vietnam tackles forest fires on war footing

Thousands of forest rangers, firefighters, soldiers and policemen fought forest fires that broke out in the central region on Friday.
June 28, 2019 | 10:17 pm PT
30 firefighters die battling China forest fire

30 firefighters die battling China forest fire

Thirty firefighters died after they were sent to tackle a forest blaze in remote mountains in southwest China's Sichuan province at the weekend, authorities said Monday.
April 1, 2019 | 05:35 am PT
Huge Portugal forest fire kills 25, injures 16

Huge Portugal forest fire kills 25, injures 16

'The number of fatalities could still rise,' Portugal's Prime Minister said.
June 17, 2017 | 10:31 pm PT
Man arrested for igniting forest fire in Vietnam over anger

Man arrested for igniting forest fire in Vietnam over anger

He burnt a pile of firewood to scare a woman, but the fire spread through hundreds of lubricant tanks nearby.
April 12, 2017 | 11:57 pm PT
100 firemen battle major forest fire in Danang

100 firemen battle major forest fire in Danang

A fire broke out in a production forest area in Danang near the Ba Na - Nui Chua Special Use Forest at around 11am on April 20. A hundred firefighters battled for seven hours to get the fire under control.
April 21, 2016 | 05:00 am PT
 
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