The fire remains uncontained as efforts to bring it under control continue.
The ministry declared a level four emergency, and 1,260 firefighters from national and local departments were dispatched to the area to fight the fires. / Photo: Reuters Archive
The fire that started on Friday in the rural area of Yajiang County in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture is still not under control, according to the Chinese media. The Emergency Ministry reported that the fire spread to mountain slopes on Saturday afternoon due to strong winds. Earlier, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that four people died in two separate forest fire incidents in southern Yunnan province.
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