At present, the scene is normal and there is no afterfire. According to the site investigation organized by the Municipal Fire Prevention Office, the fire area is 230 mu, and the damaged forest area is 14.5 mu. The specific cause of the fire is under investigation by the public security department.
After the fire broke out, Xia Chunsheng, deputy commander of the provincial forest fire prevention headquarters and director of the provincial forestry bureau, Yang Shengshi, secretary of Lianyungang Municipal Committee, Wang Dongsheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, secretary-general of the Municipal Party Committee and minister of United Front Work of the Municipal Party Committee, Wu Haiyun, deputy mayor, and leaders of the municipal forest fire prevention headquarters and the Municipal Forestry Bureau rushed to the scene to actively organize the fighting.
Eight professional forest fire brigades 130 people, Lianyungang Armed Police Detachment 120 people coordinated by the Municipal Fire Prevention Office, 50 people in Lianyungang Garrison, 30 people in Lianyungang Frontier Defense Detachment of Armed Police, and more than 600 people from urban management, public security, special police and district, street (village) cadres and masses made every effort to put out the fire.