HOHHOT, 6 June (BelTA - Xinhua) -The fire that lasted for five days in China has burnt around 5,100 hectares of forest and put out Wednesday morning, according to the fire department in the nature reserve.
The fire started Friday in the Hanma National Nature Reserve in the northern area of the Greater Hinggan Mountains, and spread to neighboring Heilongjiang Province by Sunday afternoon. It was put out at around 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Since Friday, thousands of armed police, forest police, militia and fire fighting forces have been dispatched to battle the fire.
Lightning strikes were the cause of the fire.
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