Burst
Written by: Deng Haixing and Chen Yongwu
2020-10-26 04:06
Last update date: 2020-10-26 04:45
Before and after the Chung Yeung Festival (25th), coupled with the yellow fire hazard warning, as of 9 pm last night, the Fire Services Department had received at least 79 mountain fire reports.
In addition to the long-lived fire that has not been extinguished in the Lincun Country Park for 36 hours, the nearby Dajiangpu Mountain under the big tree in Palxiang has been blazing from yesterday afternoon. The wildfire has not been put out until early this morning.
The wildfire is approaching an animal shelter with 180 cats and dogs. Fire fighters must drag their throats and shoot water.
Nearly 300 volunteers and enthusiastic citizens were present throughout the night to help evacuate cats and dogs. When many people arrived by car, "car formations" once appeared.
The cats in the shelter are moved by trucks; the frightened dogs must be carried one by one by volunteers to nearby vacant warehouses.
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The scene was the "Big Trees of the Animal Sanctuary" in Dajiangpu. It is reported that about 150 dogs and 30 cats are accommodated.
Starting at 1 o'clock in the morning today, wildfires and heavy smoke approached the shelter, and firefighters must drag their throats and shoot water on alert.
Nearly 300 people responded to the online call and rushed to the scene to assist, including a large number of volunteers and many enthusiastic citizens who spontaneously arrived at the scene. Someone arranged a 5.5-ton truck to first put the cats in the cage and then carry them away; but the dogs were afraid The person in charge was bitten and there were insufficient dog cages. Xiaowen, the person in charge, said that the volunteers had to hug one by one to a nearby vacant warehouse for temporary shelter. However, by 4 o'clock in the morning, a large number of dogs were still evacuated and the situation was critical.
Ms. Chen, a volunteer from the shelter, pointed out that the firefighting operation was not decided by the firefighting authorities. "We are worried about it, because we don’t have to do anything, so we have to evacuate the house first!" Li lives in Sheung Shui. The husband pointed out that he found out that the animal shelter needed assistance from the online platform and immediately contacted other netizens who did not know each other. Finally, he drove to Tai Po and picked up a netizen with a dog cage to provide assistance to the highest location. Helper! Help if you get help!"
Mr. Cheng, who owns a dog, also drove a seven-person car from Tin Shui Wai to the scene and budgeted to accommodate one or two dogs. An enthusiastic citizen, Miss Lan, also responded to the online call and took a taxi from Yuen Long with her friend Ms. Zhang , They didn’t have much equipment, so they only brought their dogs to the scene. They worriedly said, "I can help you!"
The Fire Services Department stated that at about 3:58 yesterday afternoon, it received a report of a mountain fire from Dadaoqi to Dajiangpu. It has not been put out in the early morning and there are 1 to 2 kilometers of fire. The police also had a fire line at 10 pm. Received a report from residents in the vicinity of Dajiangpu that the bushfire was about 500 meters away from residential buildings.
The forest fire in Lincun Country Park that occurred at 4 pm the previous day has been burned for 36 hours at 3 am today and has not been put out. There is still a 400-meter line of fire.
The cats were taken away even in the cage.
(Photo by Chen Yongwu)
Firefighters shot water at nearby trees on alert.
(Photo by Chen Yongwu)
Nearly 300 volunteers and enthusiastic citizens brought multiple pet cages and other equipment to the scene to assist.
(Photo by Chen Yongwu)
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