Forest fire prevention
The weather is dry in spring, and forest fires are prone to occur, especially illegal fire, straw burning, and smoking in scenic spots, which are very easy to "burn 10,000 acres of forest with a little spark".
In the event of a forest fire caused by man or negligence, the person responsible will be severely punished by law.
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On the morning of April 9, 2022, in Dehua County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, Chen Mouxing did not go through the approval procedures related to wildland fire, and during the forest fire prevention martial law period, he went to the road side in front of Yangshan Iron Mine No. 27 in Yangshan Village, Meihu Town, without authorization, to cut scrap iron plates with flame gas.
According to the appraisal, the area of forest land in the volcanic field in Dehua County is 962 mu, the area of forest land that has burned is 879 mu, the total area of fire in Datian County is 259.64 mu, and the area of forest land that has burned is 180.48 mu.
Chen was sentenced to four years in prison. In addition, Chen Mouxing should replant the forest trees within one year, and manage and protect the replanted trees for three years from the date of the preliminary on-site inspection by the forestry department until the ecological function is finally restored. If the forest vegetation cannot be restored within the time limit specified above, the ecological environment restoration fee shall be compensated 1121120 yuan.
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At about 14 o'clock on April 12, 2019, in Heqing County, Yunnan, Xi Moumou smoked in his own sericulture field north of Dongshan Mountain Temple in Nanhe Village, Nanhe Village Committee, Xintun Town, and threw the unsafely treated cigarette butts in the grass next to him after smoking, which then caused a forest fire.
After identification, the forest fire caused a forest loss of 33.7767 million yuan, including a direct economic loss of 17.098 million yuan and an indirect economic loss of 16.6787 million yuan.
Xi Moumou was sentenced to five years in prison for causing a forest fire by throwing away cigarette butts.
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On April 14, 2020, in Linhe District, Bayannur City, Inner Mongolia, Dou Moumou felt cold during walking around the south orchard of the Shuitongshu Temple on the south side of the Yellow Highway, so he used a lighter he carried with him to light the fire for warmth, and the fire was out of control due to the strong wind, resulting in a large area of woodland being burned, with a total area of 43.2 acres, including 32.8 acres of woodland. For constituting the crime of arson, Dou Moumou was sentenced to three years in prison.
Recent
The decision was made by five departments, including the Office of the National Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Headquarters, the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the National Energy Administration
Carry out the dynamic elimination of major hidden dangers of forest and grassland fires in 2024
and special actions to investigate and deal with illegal fire use
In the special operation
These illegal use of fire will be strictly investigated
Constant caution
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If you start a forest fire, you will be held legally responsible! Whether intentionally or unintentionally, you will be held accountable. If the circumstances are serious, they will also face legal sanctions.
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Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 115 Whoever commits the crime of arson, breaching water, exploding, disseminating dangerous substances, endangering public safety by dangerous means, causing serious injury or death to a person or causing major damage to public or private property by arson, breaching water, exploding, disseminating poisonous, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens, or other substances or other dangerous methods, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years, life imprisonment or death.
Whoever commits the crime in the preceding paragraph by negligence shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years;
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Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 64: Where a fire is caused by negligence but does not constitute a crime, he shall be detained for not less than 10 days but not more than 15 days, and may also be fined not more than 500 RMB;
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Forest Fire Prevention Regulations
Article 53 Whoever violates the provisions of these Regulations and causes a forest fire and constitutes a crime shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with law.
In case of forest fire, call 12119 forest fire alarm as soon as possible, 12119, 12119, 12119, and say important things three times!