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South Korea hopes to use break in weather to contain deadly wildfires
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3/28/2025
Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country's worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday (March 28) to contain blazes stretching 70km.
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Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country's worst
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wildfires on record. Exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday to contain massive
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blazes which have stretched across 70 kilometers in the country's southeast. At least 28
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people have lost their lives and more than 45,000 hectares of forested land have been
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scorched or remain ablaze.
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As of early Friday, authorities reported that 95 percent of the fires in Uiseong had
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been extinguished, while 85 percent of the flames in neighboring Andong City had been
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brought under control. Although light rainfall of less than three millimeters fell in some
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areas, officials say it provided only minimal assistance. The devastation has forced over
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30,000 residents, many of them elderly, to evacuate. Authorities remain on high alert
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as efforts continue to fully contain the flames and prevent further destruction.
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