Firefighters make progress on multiple fronts at Shanxi fire, no casualties reported
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The operation also deployed three helicopters, over 50 heavy engineering machinery units and over 70 water trucks to combat the blaze.
Furthermore, provincial-level rescue forces are on their way to the site. The forest firefighting professionals and forest aviation firefighting aircraft have been dispatched to reinforce the rescue operation.
Around 10:00 am on Monday, a villager surnamed Bao carelessly discarded a burning cigarette butt on the ground while working in the field, igniting the fire, according to the local police.
Currently, efforts are focused on extinguishing the fire on the northern and northeastern fronts.
Guo Yanqi contributed to this story.
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