On the morning of August 13, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Dong commune, Nguyen Duc Hien, said that the local forest fire that occurred on the afternoon of August 12 was extinguished at about 8:00 p.m. after about 8 hours of firefighting.
"Initial statistics showed that nearly 1 hectare of forest was damaged. After successfully fighting the fire, we sent 7 officers to be on duty at the scene, ensuring that the fire does not recur. The initial reason was that people burned the vegetation, but did not carefully prepare the boundary, leading to the fire spreading to the planted forest and burning," Mr. Hien said.
As Lao Dong Newspaper reported , around 2:00 p.m. on August 12, local people discovered a fire in the forest bordering village 19-5 and Dong Hung village (Quang Dong commune, Quang Trach district, Quang Binh province), then Report to local authorities.
Upon receiving the news, local authorities mobilized hundreds of people including police, border guards, military, forest rangers, militia and self-defense forces, people... to the scene to put out the fire.
Previously, around 1pm on August 9, a serious eucalyptus forest fire also occurred in Vinh Son village (Quang Dong commune). After more than 24 hours of firefighting, the fire was extinguished. The initial damage was estimated to be about 3 hectares of forest, completely damaging 6 motorbikes and some production equipment.
