"The sky suddenly turned frighteningly orange in Chengdu. It felt like an apocalyptic disaster movie," the resident said, declining to be named. "At first, I thought it was a rare sandstorm from the north before I watched TV news about the huge wildfire in Yajiang county. "A section of a highway that passes through the region has been temporarily closed.The official statement said 110 people were deployed to put out a forest fire that broke out around 6pm on Saturday. The flames were extinguished at around 11pm after burning out more than 5 hectares (12 acres) of forest.Other parts of southwest China, including Guizhou province and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were hit by bushfires last month.