Fires mar Qingming Festival in Qingdao
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April 6, 2011, Wednesday
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PEOPLE used to crowd Qingdao City's Hushan Mountain in east China's Shandong Province to pay homage to deceased loved ones during the annual Qingming Festival. But not yesterday, the actual day of this year's festival.
Several local government employees patrolled the road to the mountain and persuaded passers-by not to climb it. Hectares of charred woods could be seen from the hillside.
A joss paper fire in a cemetery on Hushan Mountain, Licang District, went out of control and spread quickly by strong winds around 10:30am on Sunday, the first day of the three-day holiday.
Ji Yuhua, 59, a member of the forest patrol, was killed in the fire, which was put out around 2pm. Another man was seriously injured. "What a pity. Ji was just about to retire," said Wang Jiaqing, head of the Hushan Street Office.
Undeterred by the tragedy, mourners caused another fire in the mountain at 3pm.
Ji was not the only one who died in cemetery fires that day in Qingdao. Another person was killed in a fire at Funing Cemetery in Shinan District, according to Qingdao's municipal fire department.
"My colleagues and I have always been on high alert during the Qingming holiday," said Qu Lixi, a fire fighter stationed near Hushan Mountain.
Several local government employees patrolled the road to the mountain and persuaded passers-by not to climb it. Hectares of charred woods could be seen from the hillside.
A joss paper fire in a cemetery on Hushan Mountain, Licang District, went out of control and spread quickly by strong winds around 10:30am on Sunday, the first day of the three-day holiday.
Ji Yuhua, 59, a member of the forest patrol, was killed in the fire, which was put out around 2pm. Another man was seriously injured. "What a pity. Ji was just about to retire," said Wang Jiaqing, head of the Hushan Street Office.
Undeterred by the tragedy, mourners caused another fire in the mountain at 3pm.
Ji was not the only one who died in cemetery fires that day in Qingdao. Another person was killed in a fire at Funing Cemetery in Shinan District, according to Qingdao's municipal fire department.
"My colleagues and I have always been on high alert during the Qingming holiday," said Qu Lixi, a fire fighter stationed near Hushan Mountain.
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