Massive fire engulfs 400-year-old village in China’s Yunnan province
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Massive fire engulfs 400-year-old village in China’s Yunnan province
A raging fire which engulfed Wengding village – a national 4A tourism resort, late Sunday, in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province has been bought under control as of 11:15 pm. Out of 105 straw huts of the village inhabited by the Wa ethnic minority, only four remain intact.
Villagers told thepaper that the characteristic straw huts have all but been destroyed.
The Yunnan provincial government urged the cause of the fire to be identified as soon as possible, and that responsible parties would be held accountable, thepaper reported on Monday.
There were no fatalities yet, according to media reports.
Considered to be the last primitive tribe in China, the village has traditional architecture and straw huts built by the Wa ethnic group. Many of the structures in Wengding were designated as provincial cultural relics by Yunnan Province in 2012.
A raging fire which engulfed Wengding village – a national 4A tourism resort, late Sunday, in southwestern China’s Yunnan Province has been bought under control as of 11:15 pm. Out of 105 straw huts of the village inhabited by the Wa ethnic minority, only four remain intact.
Villagers told thepaper that the characteristic straw huts have all but been destroyed.
The Yunnan provincial government urged the cause of the fire to be identified as soon as possible, and that responsible parties would be held accountable, thepaper reported on Monday.
There were no fatalities yet, according to media reports.
Considered to be the last primitive tribe in China, the village has traditional architecture and straw huts built by the Wa ethnic group. Many of the structures in Wengding were designated as provincial cultural relics by Yunnan Province in 2012.
