30 Dead In Sichuan Province Forest Fire In China
A forest fire in southwestern China that killed more than two dozen firefighters has been contained, local authorities said.
The fire broke out on Saturday evening local time in a remote area of the country’s Sichuan province and killed 30 people in total, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The blaze took place at over 12,000 feet.
The agency reported that the fire in Muli County, in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, had been contained by Tuesday afternoon local time, though some areas continued to burn.
NPR