Three men charged with causing forest fire while burning beehives for honey
Three people went into the forest together to burn a beehive to get honey, causing the fire to spread to surrounding forests in Huong Son district (Ha Tinh).
On July 17, Huong Son District Police (Ha Tinh) announced that they had prosecuted Cao Huy Chuong (48 years old), Luong Xuan Thinh (52 years old) and Nguyen Van Suu (46 years old, all residing in Son Hong commune) for the crime ofViolation of fire prevention and fighting regulations, according to Article 313 of the 2015 Penal Code.
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Three suspects Thinh, Suu and Chuong at the investigation agency. Photo:D.H. |
The investigation agency alleged that at around 8:30 a.m. on June 23, Mr. Chuong, Thinh and Suu went into Khe Nhong forest in village 10, Son Hong commune to look for a beehive to collect honey. Discovering the beehive about 15 meters above the ground on a tree, surrounded by a bamboo forest, the three men lit torches and burned it.
After collecting about 8 kg of honey, the three people left and discovered smoke rising from the place where they had just burned the bees, so they turned back to break a tree branch to put out the fire, but were unsuccessful. When the fire spread quickly to the surrounding forest, they panicked and ran away. The fire caused about 250 million VND in damage.
Previously, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hao was prosecuted by the authorities.accused of burning grass causing a fire of more than 3 hectares of pine forest in Son Trung commune (Huong Son district).
From June 25 to 30, due to prolonged hot weather, Ha Tinh experienced a series of forest fires in Nghi Xuan, Loc Ha, Duc Tho, Huong Son districts... causing more than 250 hectares of forest to burn down.
