Blaze battled by more than 7,500
A resident of Funing county, Hebei province, uses a fire extinguisher to put out a blaze on Wednesday. Yang Shirao / Xinhua |
BEIJING - A forest fire that broke out midday on Tuesday and engulfed more than 267 hectares of forest in North China's Hebei province had been brought under control by Wednesday morning, said local forest fire authorities.
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