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Black Dragon Fire : ウィキペディア英語版 | Black Dragon Fire The Black Dragon Fire was a massive wildfire that occurred in China and the Soviet Union during May of 1987. It was one of the largest wildfires ever to occur, and the largest to strike China in over 300 years. Over two hundred died in the fires and hundreds more were injured. The fire ended up destroying 18 million acres of forest, including one sixth of China's entire timber reserves. == The Fire == The fire originated in the coniferous Da Hinggan forests located in the Greater Khingan Range, a mountain range in northeastern China. In 1987, the area surrounding the Amur River in the region had been unusually hot and in a drought, leading to an overabundance of parched vegetation.〔 These conditions were ideal for a large wildfire to occur. Because the area was sparsely populated at the time, the exact cause of the fire was not very clear at first; any small ignition could have turned into a major firestorm in the conditions present. Later and widely believed Chinese reports state that the fire was started "when an untrained 18-year-old worker accidentally ignited gas spilled from his brush cutter." According to Harrison Salisbury, the roots of the disaster lay in excessive cutting down of trees without any effort to let the forest regrow, which triggered multiple fires in the region.〔 Whatever the causes were, the resulting firestorm quickly gained momentum, fueled by high winds in the region. Workers reported their truck engines stopping as the fire deprived the oxygen supply in the air as well as burning projectiles raining down on them ahead of the fire.〔 Two hundred people were reported dead or missing, and a further 250 were injured by the fire.〔 In addition, 33,000 Chinese were made homeless.
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