On August 7, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quảng Minh Commune (Ba Đồn Town, Quảng Bình Province) stated that a member of the security and order protection team in Bắc Minh Lệ Village died after participating in a forest fire extinguishing operation on the commune's territory.
According to that, at 8:20 am on August 6, the local authorities discovered a fire source at the Ba U Mountain area, which belongs to Minh Tiến Village, the People's Committee of the commune mobilized forces, vehicles, and assets to participate in the fire prevention and extinguishing activities.
Due to the severe hot weather, the forest had many dry leaves, and the location of the fire occurred at a high slope (near the mountain peak), making the fire extinguishing task difficult; by around 12:20 pm, the fire was extinguished.
The fire extinguishing groups were preparing to leave, at this time, they did not see Mr. H.H.T (a member of the security and order protection team in Bắc Minh Lệ Village) so they called his phone to contact him, Mr. T answered the phone and said he was on his way back to the assembly point via a mountain path.
After the fire extinguishing team had arrived at the assembly point for a certain period of time but still did not see Mr. T.
The team organized a search, and later discovered that Mr. T had died at the Khe Su area on the commune's territory. The competent authorities then arrived to investigate the scene and examine the corpse.
Currently, Mr. T's body has been taken back home to arrange for funeral rites. The competent authorities are continuing to investigate and clarify the case.
