Weed fire in Yuanshan Street, Mino.

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[Reporter Huang Xulei/Kaohsiung Report] The Tomb-sweeping Day is approaching, and forest fires broke out in many places one after another. On the evening of the 13th, the fire in Kaohsiung’s Meinong mountain area was located on a steep slope. Kaohsiung City Fire Chief Wang Zhiping commanded the fire with a 1.5-inch nozzle to put out the fire. Applying for aircrew helicopters to drop several tons of water. Due to the drought in the south and the lack of water, people questioned the director of the Facebook group "Northern Fire Protection" for "disregarding the safety of colleagues, demanding to climb mountains late at night to fight fires and consume a lot of water resources."

In this regard, the Fire Department stated that the safety of disaster relief personnel should be given priority in the command, dispatch, and deployment of disaster rescue. The on-site commander will make the most appropriate research and judgment based on the disaster situation on the scene to adopt the best disaster relief tactics.

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Many people sweep the tombs before the Ching Ming Festival. Unextinguished paper money or littering cigarette butts caused many forest fires. The mangosteen forest at the back of Fuhui Temple in Meinong burned all night on February 23. An air crew helicopter sprinkled about 68 tons of water to rescue it. At about 9:00 p.m. this Monday night, another weed fire was triggered on Yuanshan Street in Meinong.

The Air Force Corps of the Ministry of the Interior supported helicopters to extinguish the fire, and it is estimated that several tons of water were used. The fire department pointed out that the rescue tactics of wildfires in mountains and forests are different from those of ordinary buildings. Residential houses near the area expanded rapidly, and the director commanded the use of high-pressure sprayers with high-pressure hoses, supplemented by the creation of fire prevention zones to extinguish the fire.

Tons of irrigation water flowed down the hillside.

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