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Hundreds of Chinese firefighters 'airlifted' to battle forest blaze

2017-05-04 1

Footage of firefighters being "airdropped" to battle a forest fire in Inner Mongolia.

The video, filmed on May 1, shows the specialist firefighters boarding a large helicopter ahead of being dropped among the raging flames.

According to reports in China, more than 8,000 people, including nearly 1,500 firefighters, helped to fight the blaze.