About 3,000 forestry police and troops are struggling to control forest fires raging at three regions in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regiion, according to the regional fire-fighting office.

Four fires in forestry farms administered by the Ganhe Forestry Bureau in the north of the region have been contained, said a source with the Inner Mongolia Fire Fighting Office.

More than 1,500 policemen are still working to prevent the fires flaring up again, the source said.

In Genhe area, one fire has been put out and 850 police and soldiers are struggling to tame another in a forestry farm under the Genhe Forestry Bureau.

Meanwhile, almost 600 people are fighting a forest blaze in Keyihe region.

The fires occurred at the northern part of the Greater Hinggan Mountain, a major timber production area with large forests.

(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2007)