Nov. 9, 2018 marks the 26th National Firefighting Day. Chinese firefighters, always heroic in dangerous conditions, deserve everyone’s respect. (Photos: VCG)

Photo takes on April 17, 2014 shows Cheng Xueli, a member of the Armed Police Forest Force, and his colleagues work to put out a fire, whose hands were blistered, helmets melted and eyebrows burned by the fire.

A 1,000-square-meter warehouse in Harbin catches fire on Jan. 2, 2015. When firefighters entered, a floor suddenly collapsed, which killed five firefighters and injured 14.

A firefighter rushes out with a gas tank on fire in April 2014. Nobody knows if the tank would explode, but he sacrifices himself for other’s safety.

A firefighter carries an old woman through floodwaters in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province on July 9, 2013.

A Taizhou fire brigade puts out a fire on Nov. 25, 2016. A fireball burns in the night sky when a fire breaks out in the chemical storage facility in Taixing, east China’s Jiangsu Province.

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2018 shows firefighters approaching the fire line where a large-scale transnational (cross border) forest fire emergency rescue operation drill takes place in Great Khingan.

Firefighters are heroes of the country, bravely facing fires and building a safety line for people. Hope every firefighter could return together safe and sound!