Mar 18, 2024 · More than 3,300 people have been evacuated as a wildfire spreads through a Tibetan-populated county in China’s Sichuan province, Chinese state media and three people …

Four forest fires have erupted in various parts of Tibet over the past two weeks, with a major one in Kyirong county near the border with Nepal raging uncontained after it swept through 40...

Mar 23, 2024 · While the fire was put out on Mar 18 from the first of the three sections it had spread to, it is still smouldering in the remaining two. As of 6 am on Mar 22, the third section …

Mar 19, 2024 · The fire, it may be recalled, first erupted in Petse (Baizi) Village of the prefecture’s Nyagchu (Yajiang) County at around 5 pm on Mar 15 and rapidly spread to other areas due to …

Jan 27, 2014 · This report features images of a number of fires in Tibetan sites, including three ancient and important monasteries, all but one in the Tibetan area of Kham in Sichuan since …

Feb 14, 2013 · In the Nepalese capital Kathmandu yesterday, says the Associated Press, a 21 year-old Tibetan monk set himself alight inside a café. (Warning: that last link leads to some …

Mar 22, 2017 · A 24-year-old farmer set himself on fire this weekend in Tibet’s first reported self-immolation of the year, and approximately the 150th since 2009.

DHARAMSHALA, March 20: A fire reportedly broke out on the evening of March 15 on the slopes of a mountain near Petse village, compelling over 3000 Tibetans from approximately 11 …

Feb 6, 2025 · Four forest fires have erupted across Tibet, causing property damage and wildlife loss.

Mar 18, 2024 · The report said the prefectural meteorological centre had warned of continued high forest fire danger in both Yajiang and Kangding for the next three days. Strong gusts and …