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JIANGSU HEILONGJIANG 7 dead, 5 hurt in 16 buildings destroyed container blast in illegal gardens Seven people have been confirmed Sixteen buildings with an area of 3,118 dead and five others injured after an square meters in the so­called Gar­ explosion in a container of scrap metal dens of Cao — which was built illegal­ at a metal molding plant in Jiangsu ly in a State­owned forest area in province on Sunday morning. The Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang province explosion happened at about 7:12 am — have been demolished, China Cen­ in an outdoor yard of Kunshan Waffer tral Television reported on Sunday. Technology in the Kunshan Bonded An official told CCTV that 6,453 sq m Zone. The cause is under investigation. of land has been restored and that demolition waste would be carried HUNAN away as soon as possible. Flammables set off deadly bus fire LIAONING Police station bomber Flammable and explosive materials illegally carried onto a bus by a pas­ had criminal history senger caused a fire that killed 26 Police said on Saturday that a man, and injured 28 in Hunan province surnamed Yang, who set off a home­ on March 22, local police said on made explosive at a police station in Saturday. At 7:12 pm that day, the , Liaoning province, on bus, carrying 56 passengers, caught Thursday — killing himself and injur­ fire on a highway in Hunan. The fire ing three — was a “pessimistic person” was triggered by flammables carried who was once imprisoned for raping a Firefighters extinguish a forest fire in ’s Pinggu on Saturday. The blaze began in the city’s . by a passenger, who was among minor. At 1:51 pm on Thursday, Yang, JI SONGTAO / XINHUA those who died, the Hunan Public 63, set fire to the Shenyang’s traffic Security Department said. Chen police department using an explosive Jiansen, 51, from , device made with a firecracker placed province, brought flammable mate­ in a trolley case with gasoline, police rials on board the bus. Chen said. Yang had earlier been given a Likely cause of fire discovered planned to use the flammables to sentence of seven years for raping a threaten another businessman and juvenile girl and had been fired from get revenge if the negotiation failed. his job. Yang’s family members and a Beijing police say 6 residents set weeds ated by 7 am on Saturday, the Minis­ a 24/7 duty system to monitor and friend said that he was superstitious, try of Emergency Management said. predict danger. BEIJING and believed that he would not live to ablaze while fixing water pipe in forest No deaths or injuries were reported. Cui said the causes of all fires China seeks arrest of 60. He became pessimistic and was thinking of suicide, they said. About 360 hectares of forest area should be determined, and those 2 financial fraudsters By DU JUAN spread to Pinggu district at about 1 were burned down, and more than responsible for them should be [email protected] pm, pushed by strong winds, 1,700 firefighters have been dis­ strictly punished. China’s Ministry of Public Security HENAN according to the Ministry of Emer­ patched. The fire had been con­ Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls has issued a Class A arrest warrant 18 children, 2 adults for two fugitives suspected of The Beijing police announced on gency Management. tained, local authorities said. on April 5 this year, is a day when injured in whirlwind Sunday that six local residents are The Beijing government sent 600 “Forest and grassland fires hap­ many Chinese observe the tradition involvement in financial fraud. The believed to be responsible for a firefighters and the ministry called pen frequently in the spring,” said of offering sacrifices to their ances­ suspects, Wang Huyun and Guo Eighteen children and two adults were mountain fire in Beijing’s suburban up a firefighting team of 300 from Cui Honghao, deputy head of the tors by burning joss sticks and Hulin, were involved in crimes of injured when a giant inflatable tram­ Miyun district, which was extin­ city in nearby fire prevention and management paper, and this can pose difficulties false capital contribution, withdraw­ poline they were playing on was blown guished on Sunday morning. province to put out the fire. department of the ministry. for fire prevention authorities. ing contributed capital, forging or over by a tornado­like dust devil in According to local media, the six No deaths or injuries from the He said the Inner Mongolia Camping and outdoor cooking altering financial bills and contract , Henan province. The whirl­ people were repairing a water pipe fire were reported. autonomous region and China’s also increases in the spring, and ille­ fraud, according to a statement post­ wind hit amusement facilities near a in a forest area of Gaogezhuang vil­ Another forest fire broke out in northeastern provinces are on the gal fires in farm fields also add risks. ed by the ministry’s criminal investi­ pear orchard suddenly in Yucheng lage, Dongshaoqu county, Miyun, Shanxi province’s Qinyuan county alert for fire outbreaks, and the The ministry reminded the pub­ gation bureau on Sina Weibo. Those county around 3 pm, the local govern­ on Saturday and accidentally set at around 1:10 pm on Friday. Strong ministry has strengthened commu­ lic to be careful not to start fires who offer information leading to the ment said in a statement on Sunday. the weeds under the pipe on fire. winds spread the blaze quickly. nication between related depart­ during picnics or drop lit cigarette arrest of either suspect will be given The fire started around noon and More than 3,800 people were evacu­ ments for fire control and adopted butts onto the ground. a 200,000 yuan ($29,700) reward. CHINA DAILY—XINHUA

URBAN GREENWAY ecological park offers green getaways

By SHI BAOYIN and QI XIN fortable and greener environment, ings and preparation of soil for in Zhengzhou 61.7 according to the local government. plants, the city said. Most of the kilometers The construction of the park — a construction for the ecological In a small section of the South­ 200­meter­wide band along each park has been completed. Length of the ecological and to­North Water Diversion Project, cultural park along the South­ side of the main canal — was start­ The park has provided people Li Ke can be seen picking up rub­ to­North Water Diversion ed in 2013 in a bid to ensure the with a more beautiful and safer liv­ bish. He said he is proud to work in Project in Zhengzhou safety of drinking water, according ing environment, and many people the greenway along the drinking to Zhang Yongqiang, director of the like to run and ride bicycles here, water channels, which carry water the section have doubled, requir­ urban greening office of the said Zhai Xianghai, deputy direct­ to supplement cities in the north­ ing him to be more responsible. Zhengzhou garden bureau. or of the garden ern parts of the country. Cleaning is in the list of work for The project is designed to move bureau. “In the past, there were no trees his team, as it helps to ensure the water from the Yangtze River to the Li Haitao, a 36­year­old runner planted here, but now many trees safety of drinking water in the central and northern parts of Chi­ from Zhengzhou, said he prefers are planted along the section, and major diversion project. na via a network of channels. running at 6 am and 5 pm, and fre­ Greenways are a major feature of the South­to­North Water our main job is to help them grow The greenway seems to add a The middle route goes straight quently sees grandparents taking Diversion Ecological Cultural Park in Zhengzhou, Henan province. better and become more beautiful,” new protective net to prevent north through Zhengzhou, and it is their grandchildren for walks PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY said the 37­year­old, who is in water from being polluted, said Li, important to keep the canal clean there. charge of maintenance work in the maintenance worker. and tidy, Zhang said. “Running here is comfortable, Zhengzhou’s Erqi district. The section is part of a 61.7­kilo­ Zhengzhou has invested around especially when I see lots of blos­ ery has been added along the city’s greenway project was set up in 2012. With eight years of experience meter ecological and cultural park 2.4 billion yuan ($357 million) as of soms in spring,” Li said. main roads and railways. These doing maintenance work in the along the project route, which has the end of last year for the removal In addition to the ecological park green areas have grown to more than Contact the writers at city, Li said the cleaning tasks for given the local people a more com­ of waste piles, demolition of build­ bordering the project, more green­ 3,400 km since the city’s ecological [email protected]