Every time before the Ching Ming Festival, the weeds and fires in the Aofeng mountain area of ​​Qingshui are constantly on the rise.

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[Reporter Ou Sumei/Taichung Report] Several cemetery fires broke out in Taichung City yesterday, and the Qingshui Fire Brigade was struggling from day to night, calling on the public not to burn weeds or paper money when sweeping graves, and to confirm that the fire is extinguished before leaving. Otherwise, the annual Tomb-sweeping Day will become a day of collapse for firefighters.

A weed fire broke out at the Hengshan Eleventh Cemetery in Qingshui District yesterday, spreading over 3 hectares. The Qingshui fire brigade mobilized many people to fight the fire from daytime to night. Many people saw a fire dragon in the mountainous area at night, and complained why the cemetery was closed every year before the Ching Ming Festival. The fire not only affected the forest conservation, but also exhausted the firefighters. The firefighters also lamented, "It's so dark and the wind is so strong, why hasn't the fire "bloomed (extinguished)?" The local chief came to the fire site at 9 o'clock last night to express his condolences. I realized that the firefighters hadn't had dinner yet.

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The Qingshui Fire Brigade couldn’t help reminding everyone on Facebook that weeds should not be burned when sweeping graves during the Qingming Festival, and the embers must be extinguished. Remember to destroy it." "Sweeping the grave and chasing after the end carefully, so as not to make the ancestors feel ashamed, how did the choice of burial at the beginning turn into cremation every year?"

The firefighters are also worried that when all disaster relief energy is invested on the mountain, if something happens to the factories and residences in the urban area, the timing of disaster relief will be delayed; in addition to the fire in Qingshui Cemetery, a fire broke out in Longjing District of Taichung City yesterday afternoon. The traffic in the Longjing section of National Highway No. 3 was affected, and driving sight was affected. The fire department dispatched a large number of people and vehicles to the scene to rescue the fire.