Wildfires continue to burn in South Korea's Juwang Mountain National Park

(27 Mar 2025)
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Cheongsong, South Korea - 27 March 2025
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STORYLINE:
Wildfires continued to burn in South Korea on Thursday after days of blazes considered among South Korea’s worst.

The fires have left 24 people dead, destroyed more than 300 structures and forced more than 28,000 residents to evacuate, officials said.

The death toll included a pilot who died after a helicopter crashed during efforts to contain a blaze in the southeastern town of Uiseong, one of the hardest-hit areas.

An ancient Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were destroyed in the wildfires, the government’s emergency response center said.

In a televised address, South Korea’s acting President Han Duck-soo said the wildfires that began last Friday were worse than many previous ones.

As of Wednesday evening, firefighters were tackling at least six active wildfires, including in the southeastern coastal town of Yeongdeok, which alerted residents of the nearest village to evacuate to an indoor gymnasium.

Meanwhile, the Justice Ministry said it protectively removed 500 inmates from a detention center in Cheongsong, another southern town, but no damages were reported to the facility.

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