Man detained for setting fire to forest

时间：2007-05-14 01:18:58

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HARBIN, May 13 -- Local police in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have detained a man who allegedly caused a major fire disaster in the forested Greater Higgnan Mountains during the past May Day holiday with a cigarette butt1.

 

The man, identified as Dong Chunlin, who is a resident of Nenjiang County, was detained on Friday, according to information from the security bureau of the Daxing'anling Administrative2 Office of Heilongjiang Province.

 

During interrogation, Dong, 51, confessed that on April 30, he smoked outside a cave dug into the mountains near Hannuohe Meadow, then carelessly threw away the burning butt into the nearby brushwood and went inside the cave to take some rest.

 

Dong was awaken3 about an hour later, by the thick smoke of the forest fire, to find the conflagration4 was out of control.

 

The fire, which broke out in the afternoon of April 30, ravaged5 10,400 ha of land, including 10,317 ha grassland6 and 83 ha forest.

 

The national headquarters for the prevention of forest fires sent about 10,000 fire-fighters, together with airplanes, to help extinguish the fire. The fire was put out five days later.

 

Dong's case need further investigation7, according to the police.

 
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1 butt uSjyM     
n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶
参考例句：
  • The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
  • He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。
2 administrative fzDzkc     
adj.行政的，管理的
参考例句：
  • The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
  • He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。
3 awaken byMzdD     
vi.醒，觉醒；vt.唤醒，使觉醒，唤起，激起
参考例句：
  • Old people awaken early in the morning.老年人早晨醒得早。
  • Please awaken me at six.请于六点叫醒我。
4 conflagration CnZyK     
n.建筑物或森林大火
参考例句：
  • A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.1947年的一场大火，使90%的房屋化为灰烬。
  • The light of that conflagration will fade away.这熊熊烈火会渐渐熄灭。
5 ravaged 0e2e6833d453fc0fa95986bdf06ea0e2     
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫
参考例句：
  • a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
  • The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
6 grassland 0fCxG     
n.牧场，草地，草原
参考例句：
  • There is a reach of grassland in the distance.远处是连绵一片的草原。
  • The snowstorm swept the vast expanse of grassland.暴风雪袭击了辽阔的草原。
7 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

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