"The fire is particularly complex given the weather, the large quantity of fuel, the terrain and the proximity of residential areas," a statement from the fire department said.

“考虑到天气、大量燃料、地形和附近的居民区，这场火灾尤其复杂。”消防局的一份声明说。

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The animal succumbed to smoke inhalation and did not survive, the fire department said.

消防部门称，这只小动物因吸入浓烟而丧生了。

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"At this moment, a life we save has even more value than lives we saved earlier, " said Liu Xiaoyi, a spokesman for the Chendu fire department.

“在这一时刻，我们拯救的每一个生命都比之前我们拯救的更有价值”，成都市消防部门的发言人刘效义（音）表示。

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The fire department said on its website that 425 firefighters were involved in efforts to douse the flames.

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As daybreak approached, the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department's fireboat Phoenix was moving toward the barges, checking to make sure their mooring lines were secured, the fire department said in a statement.

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The Fire Department said the not-dispatched calls may have been duplicates, calls from areas that rescuers knew were inaccessible or calls from people who were trapped in their homes but not experiencing medical problems, because those with medical issues got priority.

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