A forest fire in southwestern China turned deadly over the weekend when winds changed unexpectedly, trapping firefighters and local officials. The bodies of 30 people who could not ＿＿（36）＿＿ were found on Monday, officials announced, even as the fire continued to burn out of control. ＿＿（37）＿＿ those who died were the chief of a regional forestry bureau in Sichuan Province, and his deputy, the state media reported. The officials had traveled to the scene of the fire, which broke out on Saturday in a remote location at ＿＿（38）＿＿ nearing 13,000 feet, and they had not been heard from ＿＿（39）＿＿ . "A huge ＿＿（40）＿＿ was formed in an instant," the Ministry of Emergency Management said in a statement announcing the deaths. The death toll appeared to be the largest for firefighters in China since a devastating blaze at a chemical plant in Tianjin killed more than 100 in 2015.