South Korea deployed thousands of firefighters and issued its highest fire hazard warning Saturday as a large wildfire torn through the country’s eastern coastal region.
Some 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as the fire, which started early Friday on a mountain in the seaside town of Uljin, spread to the nearby city of Samcheok and beyond.Officials issued a “severe” fire hazard warning over the blaze, which has destroyed nearly 15,000 acres (6,000 hectares) of woodland.There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths.
As of Saturday afternoon, authorities had deployed more than 3,000 firefighters, as well as 57 helicopters and 273 vehicles, according to the Korea Forest Service (KFS).The blaze had briefly threatened a nuclear power station and a liquified natural gas plant Friday, but the facilities were now safe with emergency services deployed on site to keep them protected, officials said.
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