The head of the disaster management in Seoul announced today, Thursday, that the firefights raging about a week ago in southeastern South Korea, which left 26 people to date, have become the “largest ever” in the country’s history.
“The fire is spreading rapidly. The damaged forest area has reached 35,810 hectares, exceeding 10,000 hectares of the area damaged from the East Coast fire in 2000, which was the largest ever,” according to France Press.
He added that the human outcome of the victims of these fires reached 26 people.
He considered me that these fires “reveal the harsh reality of the climate crisis,” noting that the highly drought and strong winds have increased the damage.
“This fire again revealed the harsh reality of a climate crisis that we have not seen before,” he said, noting that the rainy level that fell in the affected areas this season did not reach half of the normal rate.
