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Wanzhou District Meteorological Observatory issues a red warning for forest and grassland fire risks [Level I/Extremely Serious], China

Event time: Sep 7, 2026 08:40 UTC Last updated: Sep 16, 2026 China

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At 16:00 on September 7, 2026, the Wanzhou District Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Control Command, Wanzhou District Emergency Management Bureau, Wanzhou District Forestry Bureau, and Wanzhou District Meteorological Bureau jointly upgraded and issued the "Forest and Grassland Fire Risk Red Warning Signal". Our district has experienced high or extremely high forest and grassland fire risk levels for several consecutive days. It is expected that the forest and grassland fire risk levels will continue to be high or extremely high from September 7th to 10th, and the risk of forest and grassland fires is extremely high.

Measurements

Coordinates	35.8617, 104.1954
Region	Wanzhou District
Location Precision	country
Issuing Authority	China — cn-cma-xx
Cap Urgency	Unknown
Cap Certainty	Unknown
Cap Expires	2026-09-08T16:14:33+08:00

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