Great Wall forests scorched in blaze
By Li Jiabao | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-05 07:56
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A villager snaps the branch of one of the many trees destroyed by the blaze that raged for more than 12 hours near the Simatai section of the Great Wall, a popular tourist destination. Zhang Tao / China Daily |
Police are investigating after a blaze close to the iconic Great Wall destroyed 33 hectares of forest and fruit plantations.
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