Man confesses to burning trash causing horrific forest fire in Ha Tinh
Regarding the forest fire in Nghi Xuan district (Ha Tinh), Phan Dinh Thanh confessed to using a lighter to burn trash in the garden but did not expect the fire to spread to the protected forest area.
Faced with the complicated forest fire situation in Nghi Xuan district, Colonel Dang Hoai Son - Deputy Director, Head of the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh Police had a working session with the leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ha Tinh Forest Rangers, leaders of Nghi Xuan district, Nghi Xuan District People's Procuracy, Fire Prevention and Fighting Police of the Provincial Police, and the Investigation Police force of Nghi Xuan District Police to discuss the forest fire fighting plan and investigate the cause and related subjects in the fire in the protective forest area of village 7, Xuan Hong commune, Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh.
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| Thanh confessed to burning trash and causing the forest fire. |
Accordingly, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghi Xuan District Police has detained Phan Dinh Thanh, born in 1973, residing in village 7, Xuan Hong commune, Nghi Xuan district, who is related to the forest fire in the protective forest area of village 7, Xuan Hong commune, Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh.
At the investigation agency, Thanh confessed that on the morning of June 28, Thanh went to buy food and a gas lighter to smoke. At noon that same day, Thanh went to the garden, gathered the trash in the garden at the end of the garden, and used the lighter to burn the trash.
Because of the hot weather and strong southwest wind, the fire spread throughout the garden. Thanh used a bucket of water to put out the fire but could not, so Thanh called everyone for help.
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| Authorities fight forest fires. |
However, at this time, the fire was burning strongly and spreading from Thanh's garden to the pine forest behind Thanh's house. As a result, the fire started from the protective area of village 7, Xuan Hong commune and spread to the protective forest area of several other villages of Xuan Hong commune and the protective forest of Xuan An town.
Currently, Nghi Xuan police are consolidating records and documents to initiate criminal proceedings and prosecute the subject strictly before the law.
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