A forest fire that spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar was put out Wednesday, local authorities said.
![Soldiers were fighting the fire which spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar. [People's Armed Police]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090226/000cf1a48b7f0b1066c028.jpg "Soldiers were fighting the fire which spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar. [People's Armed Police]") |
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Soldiers were fighting the fire which spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar. [People's Armed Police] |
About 2,000 soldiers and local residents were still patrolling for fresh outbreaks, a provincial forest fire prevention headquarters official said.
The work is expected to be finished in three days, he said.
No casualties have been reported, he said.
A four-day forest fire in Myanmar crossed border into Tengchong County on Sunday.
Earlier reports said the total area was estimated at 300 hectares, but forest police said that most of the area ablaze was in Myanmar.
(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2009)
