Nghe An continues to have a forest fire warning level at extremely dangerous level.

On May 20, Nghe An Forest Protection Department issued a warning aboutforest fire levelSend to Forest Rangers and local authorities to proactively develop plans for forest fire prevention and fighting.

Accordingly, on May 20, 21 districts, cities and towns in Nghe An province all had forest fire warning levels at level 5, the highest level - extremely dangerous. This is the second time in 2023 that Nghe An province has had this warning level, the first time was on May 6.

The entire Nghe An province has the highest forest fire warning level on May 20. Photo: Quang An

This level is warned at a time when Nghe An is experiencing the hottest days. According to the North Central Hydrometeorological Station, in the past 24 hours, the North Central region has experienced heat, severe heat, some places are especially severe with the highest temperature of the day commonly: 37.0 - 39.5 degrees Celsius, especially Tay Hieu (Nghe An) and Hoi Xuan (Thanh Hoa) over 40.0 degrees Celsius.

Forecast of hot weather in the next 24 to 48 hours: The North Central region continues to experience severe heat, some places especially severe, with the highest temperature commonly ranging from 38 - 40 degrees Celsius, some places over 40 degrees Celsius; the lowest relative humidity is 35-50%. Nghe An province: Continues to experience hot weather with the highest temperature commonly ranging from 38 - 39 degrees Celsius, some places over 40 degrees Celsius.

Previously, information from Nam Dan district authorities said that on the afternoon of May 19, a pine forest fire broke out in the Truong Son area, Nam Dan town. Thanks to the proactive forces, the fire was extinguished after more than 1 hour, the area of ​​​​forest burned was estimated at about 0.2 hectares.

The cause of the fire is currently being investigated by the authorities. However, according to local authorities, it is possible that yesterday was the first day of the lunar calendar, so people were burning incense and votive papers near the edge of the forest.

Currently in the peak hot days, Nghe An province also directed localities to maintain 24/7 forces on duty at fire watchtowers, arrange people to regularly access and monitor the forest fire warning information system of the Forest Protection Department to promptly detect and issue early warnings to local authorities, forest owners and people to raise vigilance, proactively deploy appropriate measures on forest fire prevention and fighting./.