The Da Nang Forest Protection Department on Tuesday issued a warning about the risk of forest fires at alarming level 4, the dangerous level for potentially large-scale forest fires, due to sizzling heatwave blanketing the city from April 11 - 14.

Accordingly, the department requested authorities at local level to closely monitor and immediately take precautionary measures as regulated, issuing a ban on burning vegetation and getting forces ready for putting any occurring fires under control.

Forest ranger divisions and forest management boards were asked to promptly issue forest fire warnings to agencies, units and residential communities in forested areas, prepare human resources and forest firefighting tools, and promptly report the situation of forest fires to the district-level authorities and the municipal Forest Protection Department.

Functional forces were urged to strengthen supervision and inspection of forest owners in the observance of regulations on forest fire prevention and fighting.

Heed should be on coordinating with the management board of eco-tourism areas to monitor and remind visitors to pay attention to the safety in using fire when visiting and traveling in the forest, as well as to detect and strictly handle violations of forest fire prevention and fighting according to regulations.

Reporting by VAN HOANG - Translating by M.DUNG