South Korean firefighters sent helicopters on Saturday while, the largest ever recorded fires in that country devastated the wide areas of her southeast, again planned in one of the cities in the region, the official said.
– More than a dozen fires are raised by strong winds. 30 psobs were killed in the fires and more dozen injured in southeastern regions – the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Saturday.
The fires again erupted on Saturday morning in Andong, the city’s most difficult province of North Gyeongsang, which is why the authorities were forced to arrange eight helicopters in the area, the Korean Forest Protection Service for AFP said.
The new fiery spirit was followed by the day after the main fire in the province was shut down, in which 26 people were killed. The fires in that province erupted on Saturday last week and lasted for days. More than 2,900 homes in the region are completely destroyed, according to the latest data.
The officials said this week, more than 35,000 hectares of forest were burned out.
The fire also destroyed several historical locations, including the Gouns Temple complex in the southeastern city of Uiseong, which is believed to be originally built in the seventh century.
Among the killings is a pilot whose helicopter crashed on Wednesday as he tried to shut down a fire.
Fire-lingers are inquiring powerful and winds and extremely dry weather conditions, and that area had below average rainfall after South Korea 2024. had the warmest year ever recorded, AFP reports.
(Vijesti.ba / Fena)
