The explosion created a firebreak, preventing the fire from spreading further.
Furthermore, the explosion process consumes a large amount of oxygen, causing a sharp drop in the oxygen concentration in the combustion zone, which in turn extinguishes the combustion due to lack of oxygen.
The blast wave and shockwave generated by the explosion will carry away a large amount of heat, causing the temperature of the burning material to drop rapidly below its ignition point, thus making it impossible to maintain combustion.
This fire extinguishing method is very effective for extinguishing large-area fires, but the downside is that the explosion is very loud, and people who do not leave the vicinity of the fire in time may be accidentally killed by the explosion.
Therefore, this method of extinguishing fires is rarely used in general.
However, the fire on Wangtai Mountain today is spreading far too rapidly, especially since there is an oil refinery not far from the forest. If the fire is not extinguished in time, it will cause enormous damage.
Once the order was given, the teams responsible for blasting and firefighting took helicopters to search for suitable blasting sites over the forest.
In addition, several drones equipped with large loudspeakers flew all over the mountains, warning people in the forest to leave Wangtai Mountain immediately.
Seeing that his superiors had given instructions, Long Gan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaolei, how are you feeling?"
Looking at his two teammates whose arms and backs were burned beyond recognition, Long Gan and his teammates carefully removed their clothes and asked with concern.
"Captain Long, it's just a superficial wound, it doesn't seem like a big problem, but it really hurts!"
Standing beside them, Xu Lai saw that a young soldier named Xiao Yu had his wound touched when his clothes were removed, and he cried out in pain.
Another child, Xiao Lei, whose face still looked quite young, was also in so much pain that the veins on his neck were bulging.
"Comrades, here's some food and drink. Let's quickly replenish our strength. We also have some medicine suitable for burns!"
Xu Lai loudly reminded the other exhausted soldiers, then handed several bottles of purified water to Captain Long and three other soldiers who were helping to treat their teammates' wounds, telling them to clean the wounds first.
"Thanks!"
Looking at the girl who had helped their team a lot today and even saved the lives of five teammates, Long Gan said thank you, took the bottled water she handed him, and continued to clean the wounds of the injured person in front of him.
The other soldiers, exhausted, hungry, thirsty, and fearful, who were almost collapsing, struggled to their feet upon hearing Xu Lai's words. They went to the pile of supplies, some taking water, some taking drinks, and some taking compressed biscuits.
After a few quick bites, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, and only then did they feel some strength returning to their bodies.
After Long Gan and two others helped clean the burn wounds of the two seriously wounded soldiers, the other soldiers who had regained some strength also brought some water and food, handed some to them, and then silently brought some more to feed the two seriously wounded soldiers.
The team of twelve quickly rested, and Long Gan stood up and ordered his teammates, "Let's get down the mountain right away!"
"Yes, Captain Long!"
The eleven team members obeyed the order and then automatically split into three groups. The four members of each group with the least injuries were responsible for supporting or carrying the two seriously injured members.
The other team of six picked up all the firefighting tools, such as fire extinguishers and fire hoses, and carried them on their shoulders.
The last person helped Xu Lai pack up the unfinished compressed biscuits, bread, water and drinks, medicine, and the insulation cotton that had saved his life, and held it in his arms.
The group quickly ran down the mountain.
As the saying goes, "Going up a mountain is easy, but going down is hard," especially since there are no stone steps or other paths leading down from their direction.
It took a tremendous amount of effort for Xu Lai and the other thirteen people to finally descend the mountain.
As luck would have it, when Xu Lai arrived at the foot of the mountain, she encountered Xiao Rui, who had been sent by the hospital to treat the burned soldiers and civilians.
"Xu Lai, what are you doing here? Are there any other people from our three families here? It's so dangerous here, you should go back right away!"
Seeing the concern in his usually calm neighbor's tone as he spoke to him, the neighbor, who was wearing a white coat and gold-rimmed glasses, Xu Lai smiled at him.
"Brother Xiao, I'm just here by myself to check the situation, so you don't need to worry!"
Seeing that her neighbor had lost even more weight since the last time she visited, Xu Lai took off her bulging backpack, took out a bag of food, and stuffed it into his arms.
"Grandpa Xiao and Sister Qingya are doing well at home, so don't worry. Here, take this food!"
Xu Lai knew that Xiao Rui, who hadn't been home for a long time, must miss his grandfather and sister Qingya, so she offered him a simple word of comfort.
Seeing that the girl who had saved their lives earlier seemed to know a doctor in a white coat, Long Gan quickly pulled Liu Yu and Deng Lei, who were more seriously injured, over to her.
As an excellent surgeon, Xiao Rui wasted no time and immediately took the two injured people to a makeshift medical room set up in a tent with another colleague to treat them.
Other team members who were injured to varying degrees had their wounds cleaned and bandaged by nurses right outside.
Seeing that the firefighting team was out of danger and that they could no longer enter the mountain, Xu Lai decided to head back to reunite with her father and the others.
"Comrade, thank you so much today! Otherwise, the lives of the five of us brothers would have been lost here!"
Upon hearing the captain's words, apart from the two soldiers who entered the operating table in the tent, the other young soldiers who were sitting on the ground and having their wounds cleaned by the nurses all looked up at Xu Lai and thanked her profusely.
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