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30 firefighters reported missing in battling SW China forest fire

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2019-04-01 14:51:36CGTN Editor : Mo Hong'e ECNS App Download

Thirty firefighters are missing during their efforts to put out a forest fire that broke out Saturday in Muli, a Tibetan autonomous county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

They went missing after the forest fire erupted again on Sunday after a sudden change in the wind direction.

The altitude of the fire is reported at around 3,800 meters.

A total of 689 people are still battling to contain the blaze.

The fire broke out at around 6:00 p.m. Saturday at several locations on a cliff by the Yalong River, which is about a six to seven hour drive from Muli county.

(Updated)

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