After the storm, many forests in Quang Ninh province were severely damaged. At this time, the dry season has come, the trees have fallen, uprooted and died, making the risk of forest fires very high. This requires localities, units and forest owners to quickly clean up the forest, collect wood, especially forest fire prevention must be given top priority.
Before storm No. 3, Quang Ninh province had over 434,000 hectares of forest and forestry land, accounting for 70% of the province's total natural land area, with a coverage of nearly 55%. After the storm, the entire province had over 117,000 hectares of forest damaged from 30-100%, mostly pine, acacia, and eucalyptus plantations. In addition, thousands of hectares of natural forest were affected, most of which had broken trunks and branches, 100% of leaves were stripped, and could not be restored. The total estimated damage to the forestry sector was over VND 5,000 billion.
The large area of damaged forest has dragged along about 6 million tons of highly flammable materials including trunks, branches, roots, and dry leaves, combined with hot and dry weather that is very flammable when exposed to fire or external influences, posing a great risk of large-scale forest fires.
In fact, in recent times, many fires have occurred in localities where forests were damaged by storms. For example, in Ha Long City, a forest fire occurred in Zone 6, Dai Yen Ward. Officers and soldiers of Brigade 147, along with other forces and people in the area, spent many hours to extinguish the fire. The damaged forest area was about 3 hectares. Forest fires also occurred in the hilly areas from Zone 5 to Zone 7, Hong Ha Ward. Ha Long City had to mobilize the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police, Forest Rangers, Ha Long City Military Command, Hon Gai Port Border Guard Station, Border Guard Squadron 2, Brigade 170, forces from Hong Ha Ward and neighboring wards... to participate in extinguishing the fire.
In Cam Pha City, the locality mobilized forces from the Cam Pha City Military Command, Warehouse 84 (Technical Department of Military Region 3), Fire Police, Forest Rangers, Cam Pha Cement Joint Stock Company, Miners' Transportation and Shuttle Joint Stock Company - Vinacomin, Khe Sim Company Limited, Quang Hanh Coal Company - TKV, along with militia and people of Quang Hanh Ward to create firebreaks and extinguish the forest fire in Area 7A, Quang Hanh Ward. The estimated damage was about 10 hectares of forest, mainly acacia and eucalyptus.
On the island, the functional forces of Ngoc Vung island commune controlled and extinguished the forest fire in the area, preventing it from spreading to other neighboring forests. The burned forest was a eucalyptus plantation that had fallen and broken due to the impact of the recent storm No. 3. The estimated area of the burned forest was about 1 hectare.
Since the storm, the province has had more than 10 forest fires, including 3 in Van Don, 3 in Cam Pha, 2 in Ha Long, 1 in Ba Che, 1 in Mong Cai, etc., with a forest area of over 57 hectares. Localities have mobilized more than 1,300 people including forest rangers, police, military, and local forces to directly participate in fighting the forest fires.
Faced with the risk of forest fires remaining at a very high level, Mr. Nghiem Xuan Cuong, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, requested localities with forests to deploy a peak period to support forest clearing, sanitation, harvesting, and utilizing forest products in forest areas damaged by storm No. 3; strengthen solutions for forest management, protection, and forest fire prevention and fighting. Localities proactively mobilize forces and means in the area according to the "4 on-site" motto to organize and launch a campaign to support forest owners in clearing, sanitation, and harvesting forest products in damaged forest areas; make detailed plans, urgently design firebreaks, and prevent forest fires; strengthen propaganda about the Law on Fire Prevention and Fighting for households, especially those living near forests. Minimize forest fires occurring in the area.
The dry season has just begun, while the forest area that needs to be collected, cleaned, and harvested is still very large, leading to a high risk of forest fires. To minimize the damage caused by forest fires, in addition to the participation of localities and functional forces, it is necessary to have the cooperation of the people, especially households living near the forest, in forest fire prevention and fighting.
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