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Blaze ravaging southwest China brought under control

More than 3,200 people succeeded in bringing a forest fire in southwest China's Yunnan Province under control by Sunday afternoon. ...full story at Xinhua

from Xinhua on Sun, Apr 01 2007

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24 Feb 09 visit Cross-border forest fire in SW China under control  »  People's Daily A forest fire that spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar is under control and expected to be extinguished by Wednesday, fire-fighters said Tuesday. The southern area of the blaze had been extinguished and 600 people...
12 Mar 09 visit Forest fire put out in SW China  »  People's Daily The fire that scorched more than 33.3 hectares of forest in southwest China's Yunnan Province was under control on Thursday, fire fighters said. The fire broke out at around 4 p.m. Wednesday in Haikou Township of Xishan District in Kunming, the...
12 Mar 09 visit Forest fire spreads in southwest China  »  People's Daily About 300 fire fighters were struggling to contain a forest fire that broke out Wednesday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The fire broke out at around 4 p.m. in Haikou Town in the Xishan district of Kunming, the provincial capital....
26 Feb 09 visit Cross-border forest fire in southwest China put out  »  People's Daily A forest fire that spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar was putout Wednesday, local authorities said. About 2,000 soldiers and local residents were still patrolling for fresh outbreaks, a provincial forest fire...
01 May 07 visit Mass effort fights forest blaze  »  Shanghai Daily A TOTAL of 8,758 people brought the forest fire that ravaged the Great Xingan Mountains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province under control last night, said local sources.

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