On the evening of August 9, the People's Committee of Quảng Đông Commune (Quảng Trạch District, Quảng Bình Province) announced that they were continuing to extinguish the fire at the local teak forest.
Initial information indicated that around 1:13 PM on the same day, local residents discovered a fire in the teak forest at Vĩnh Sơn Hamlet (Quảng Đông Commune).
Upon receiving the report, local authorities mobilized forces including the police, border defense, military, forest rangers, self-defense militia, and local residents to the scene to put out the fire.
Due to the fire's location at a high altitude, complex terrain, and hot weather, the fire extinguishing task was difficult. Quảng Trạch District mobilized hundreds of people, vehicles, and machinery to control the fire.
By 7:15 PM on August 9, the fire had not yet been extinguished.
