SEOUL, 24 March (BelTA - Yonhap) - Authorities will intensively deploy
helicopters to battle the deadly wildfires that have engulfed the
southeastern county of Sancheong for the fourth consecutive day Monday,
as the blaze is spreading to the adjacent Hadong County, officials said.
As many as 36 helicopters were deployed to the two counties in South Gyeongsang Province, about 250 kilometers southeast of Seoul, beginning Monday morning, to contain the wildfires, according to the provincial government.
On the ground, 2,341 firefighters and soldiers were deployed to prevent the forest fires from spreading to houses and facilities, the government noted.
The Sancheong wildfire, which began last Friday, claimed the lives of four firefighters, injured six people, and burned down 16 houses, two factories, nine warehouses and two Buddhist temples. The fire then spread to Hadong, leaving 589 people of 387 households in both counties displaced, the government said.
It said firefighters had contained 70 percent of the wildfires in Sancheong as of 6 a.m. Monday.
As many as 36 helicopters were deployed to the two counties in South Gyeongsang Province, about 250 kilometers southeast of Seoul, beginning Monday morning, to contain the wildfires, according to the provincial government.
On the ground, 2,341 firefighters and soldiers were deployed to prevent the forest fires from spreading to houses and facilities, the government noted.
The Sancheong wildfire, which began last Friday, claimed the lives of four firefighters, injured six people, and burned down 16 houses, two factories, nine warehouses and two Buddhist temples. The fire then spread to Hadong, leaving 589 people of 387 households in both counties displaced, the government said.
It said firefighters had contained 70 percent of the wildfires in Sancheong as of 6 a.m. Monday.
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