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  5. Deadly wildfires in South Korea claim at least 19 lives and cause unprecedented damage, thousands evacuated

Deadly wildfires in South Korea claim at least 19 lives and cause unprecedented damage, thousands evacuated

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Wildfires have caused unprecedented damage in South Korea, resulting in at least 19 deaths. Multiple fires have broken out across the country's south-eastern region, forcing over 27,000 residents to evacuate their homes. The blazes have spread rapidly due to dry and windy conditions, leading to power outages and the destruction of heritage cultural sites, including an ancient 1,000-year-old temple. A helicopter crashed during firefighting efforts, killing the pilot and one other person. The acting president has described the situation as unprecedented, with the National Fire Agency working to contain the fires.

  1. KR
    Gyeongbuk Fire Service
    1. A helicopter putting out the wildfire crashed in a mountain area in Uiseong County. We have been told that there was one pilot who was declared dead at the scene.
  2. KR
    Korea Heritage Service
    1. The wildfire is currently about 8km (4.9 miles) from Hahoe Village.
  3. KR
    Han Duck-Soo
    People Power Party
    1. We sincerely ask the people to pay special attention and cooperate to prevent wildfires so that our neighbors do not have to suffer the same pain due to large-scale wildfires that repeat every year.
    2. We were desperately hoping for rain today or tomorrow to help extinguish the flames.
    3. Once a wildfire starts, extinguishing it requires tremendous resources and puts precious lives in danger.
    4. We need to focus all our capabilities on extinguishing wildfires for the rest of this week as we're concerned about unprecedented wildfire damages.
    5. We are deploying all available personnel and equipment in response to the worst wildfires ever but the situation is not good.
    6. Wildfires burning for a fifth consecutive day in Ulsan and the Gyeongsang region are causing unprecedented damage.

South Korea Wildfires

  1. South Korea wildfires claim 26 lives and become largest on record, with historic temples and homes destroyed
  2. Deadly wildfires sweep across South Korea's southeast, killing 4 and forcing 1,500 evacuations

sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.CGTN
  5. 5.Al Jazeera
  6. 6.CNN
  7. 7.ABC News (Australia)
  8. 8.Le Monde
  9. 9.The Times of India
  10. 10.France 24
  11. 11.Agence France-Presse
  12. 12.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Climate Change
  3. 3.South Korean politics
  4. 4.Wildfire

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.ChinaCN
  3. 3.FranceFR
  4. 4.JapanJP
  5. 5.Korea, Republic ofKR
  6. 6.Russian FederationRU
  7. 7.UkraineUA

organizations

  1. 1.Korea Forest ServiceKR
  2. 2.UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  3. 3.Andong University
  4. 4.Byeongsan Confucian Academy
  5. 5.Democratic PartyUS
  6. 6.UN World Heritage Committee
  7. 7.Gyeongbuk Fire ServiceKR
  8. 8.Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
  9. 9.Korea Meteorological AdministrationKR
  10. 10.National Fire Agency
  11. 11.National Forestry Database

persons

  1. 1.Han Duck-SooKR
  2. 2.Lee Byung-Doo
  3. 3.Jin Yu Young
  4. 4.Hyung-Jin Kim
  5. 5.Minwoo Park
  6. 6.Oh Se-Hoon
  7. 7.Yang Chan-Mo
  8. 8.Yoon Suk-YeolKR

technicals

  1. 1.Buddhism
  2. 2.Gounsa Temple