Her principles South Korea They developed today (29.03.2025) helicopters to combat its resurgence fire in an area southeast of the country, according to a forestry official.
The fire was rekindled early this morning in Angong, a city in the province of northern Gongsang (southeast), forcing authorities to develop eight helicopters in the area, according to the source. South Korean firefighters, assisted by rainfall, managed to erase the main fire of the fire yesterday Friday.
The death toll from these forest fires, which began last weekend, amounted to 29 dead and 40 injured, 10 of whom are serious.
More than 2,900 homes have been destroyed, according to the latest report, and one official said on Thursday that about 86,487 acres of forest have been burned.
These are the most deadly and most devastating forest fires ever recorded in South Korea, after the April 2000 fire, which destroyed 59,090 acres on the east coast.
Most of the victims of the fire, which hit the Angong and Wisong rural areas, were between 60 and 80, according to the South Korean forestry agency.
Among the victims is also a pilot whose helicopter crashed on Wednesday during the fire extinguishing, as well as four firefighters and other members of the rescue operation who died after being trapped in flames.