"at Least 26 rescue workers have been killed in connection with the during the weekend fighting a forest fire in southwest China, reports state chinese media."
"Hundreds of rescuers were ordered to the area after the fire erupted on Saturday night in the Liangshan, located in the province of Sichuan."
"After the wind suddenly turned in Sunday afternoon lost the lead in the Liangshan contact with 30 of the dispatched rescue workers. The authorities should nevertheless have managed to get in contact with the two firefighters, who confirmed that many of their colleagues died."