More than 8,300 people are helping to fight a huge forest fire in northern China, according to media reports.
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The blaze in Daxing’anling prefecture in Inner Mongolia has spread to over 5,000 hectares with two fronts of the blaze each stretching about 7km, the reports said.
It is the second large forest fire to hit the area over the past few days amid higher temperatures and dry conditions in the region this spring.
High winds have also contributed to the spread of the blaze.
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The fire started at about noon on Tuesday, although the cause is not clear, the Shanghai-based website Thepaper.cn reported.
