Simultaneous wildfires in Korea

Simultaneous wildfires across the southern parts of South Korea have destroyed almost 8,000 hectares of forests as of March 24 and claimed at least 4 lives including firefighters.

Strong winds fan the already devastating fire. The wildfire at Uiseong, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province was started accidentally by a visitor at around 11 a.m. on March 22nd. Around 1,500 residents of nearby villages are forced to evacuate.

It’s been four days since level three fire alert was issued for the wildfire in Sancheong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province. As firefighters fail to contain wildfires that broke out in several places all at once, the government has declared a state of national disaster for Ulsan and the Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do regions.