4 blocks of precious wood recovered from flash flood in Ky Son

(Baonghean.vn) -During the rainy and flood days, people in the two districts of Tuong Duong and Ky Son gathered together to go to the river to collect firewood. Some people "made a fortune" from this dangerous job.

Large logs were salvaged by Mr. Luong Van Hoang on July 21. Photo: PV

Firewood collectors are mainly residents living along large rivers such as Nam Non, Nam Mo, Lam River... There is a lot of wood and even large fresh trees from the upper reaches of the rivers flowing in with the flood.

The special thing is that the bigger the flood, the more firewood is brought in. Some lucky people have salvaged logs worth millions.

The case of Mr. Luong Van Hoang, residing in Cau Tam hamlet, Ta Ca commune, Ky Son district is an example. While collecting firewood, Mr. Hoang picked up a piece of be wood (local name) with a diameter of nearly 150 cm and a length of nearly 15 m.

The above mentioned log was salvaged by Mr. Hoang on the afternoon of July 21st on the Nam Mo River, passing through Cau Tam hamlet where he lives. The log is reddish brown in color. Its largest part has a diameter of nearly 1.5 m, the narrowest part is about 1 m.

The largest piece of wood that Mr. Hoang salvaged had a diameter of nearly 1.5 m. Photo: PV

Currently, no one knows exactly what the name of the wood that Mr. Hoang salvaged is, only that the locals call it be wood. Price of 1m³This wood is about 4 - 5 million VND. Mr. Hoang's above mentioned tree is worth more than 15 million VND. Right after it was salvaged, many people came to ask to buy it but Mr. Hoang has not sold it yet.

Mr. Hoang said that because the log was too big and the water flow was strong, after seeing the log, Mr. Hoang had to mobilize more than 6 strong men in the village and spent 1 hour to bring the log to shore and then had to use a winch to get it on the road. Immediately after bringing it up, Mr. Hoang hired someone to cut it into 3 pieces. The total volume was nearly 4m³.

People salvaged a lot of firewood during the flood days. Photo: Dinh Tuan

It is known that this type of wood does not exist in Ky Son. Some local people believe that such a large tree can only drift from Laos along the Nam Mo River to Vietnam.

Not only Mr. Hoang, many people also "made a fortune" from the flood. In addition to making money from collecting wood and firewood to sell, many people also caught catfish (a valuable fish in Western Nghe An) in the flood.

However, not only adults but also children participated in collecting firewood in the raging flood. In particular, those who collected firewood in the flood did not have life-saving equipment, potentially risking being swept away by the flood./.

PV