According to his son, Li, the photos were taken in front of a wall outside the apartment in which he grew up. Their family has been living there for 20 years. When Li was two years old, a huge forest fire called Black Dragon Fire swept through China and the Soviet Union. IT was one of the largest forest fires ever recorded and destroyed 18 million acres of forest, including one-sixth of China’s timber reserves.
It also had a devastating human cost: more than 200 people died in the fire and hundreds more were injured.
