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16:23, 06-Apr-2019
Lightning strike to blame for SW China's devastating forest fire: primary investigation
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A primary investigation reveals that lightning striking a tree in a mountain ridge was confirmed to be the cause of a devastating forest fire that killed 31 people in southwest China's Sichuan Province on March 30, local authorities said on Friday.
The tree hit by the lightning is one 18-meter-tall pine tree with a circumference of 256 centimeters.
The tree which was believed to be hit by lightning had caused a devastating forest fire in SW China's Sichuan Province on March 30. / CCTV photo
The tree which was believed to be hit by lightning had caused a devastating forest fire in SW China's Sichuan Province on March 30. / CCTV photo
The devastating forest fire broke out at around 6 p.m. in Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 30 at an altitude of around 3,800 meters, where the terrain is complex with deep valleys.
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Nearly 1,000 firefighters and several helicopters extinguished the fire on Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest of its kind in China in recent years.