In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, firefighters put out a forest fire in Xichang, in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Nineteen people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China and hundreds of reinforcements were sent to fight the blaze and evacuate nearby residents, officials and state media reported Tuesday. (Li Jieyi/Xinhua via AP)
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Dryness, sudden winds factors in deadly China forest fire
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials say dry conditions, high temperatures and a sudden change in wind direction all contributed to the deaths of 19 people in a forest fire in mountainous southwestern China.