At least 18 people were killed and 20 injured as South Korea fights from some of the most destructive Wildfires in his history.
On Wednesday, firefighters fought to contain a flame when the fire helicopter crashed in the Uiseong County Mountains around noon, the authorities say.
The highest level of response was erected on Tuesday, the National Fire Agency announced as a flame, which began Friday, cut through the Southeast Regions.
Fires are reinforced with dry weather and strong winds and come as Japan also Fight with new wilderness.
Fires burned through more than 17,400 hectares (43,000 hectares), destroying hundreds of buildings, including 1,300-year-old Buddhist Temple.
Over 27,000 people were evacuated from cities and cities, including Andong, Uiseong, Sancheong and Ulsan.
Earlier, four people confirmed the dead, but the authorities on Wednesday said the death tull is now 18 years old. There were four firefighters between the killed and civil servants who died on Saturday after being trapped by a fast flame.
In the television address, the President of South Korea He Duck Soo said that fires are causing worse damage from many other past wilderness.
“Too bad is a snowy suffering,” Mr. Han said. “There are concerns that we will have a wildfire damage that we have never experienced, so we must concentrate all our options to turn off the savages in the rest of this week.”
He added: “We arrange all available staff and equipment in response to the worst wild value, but the situation is not good.”
Authorities were distributed by almost 9,000 staff, including soldiers and firefighters, supported by more than 130 helicopters and hundreds of vehicles. But strong winds and dry conditions have repeatedly allowed the fires to spread after they are partially contained.
In UISOONG, officials said only 68 percent of the flames under control on Tuesday. The fire also spreads on the nearby coastal town of Yeongdeok, where officials turned off the roads and ordered the inhabitants of at least four villages to evacuate.
The historical temple of Gouns, founded 681. during the Silla Dynasty, was destroyed in Uiseong. Heritage officials said that some of the national treasures, including the statue of the stone, was removed before the flame reaches the main wooden buildings.
In the coastal town of Yeongdeok, the roads were closed, and residents in at least four villages were ordered for evacuation. There were unconfirmed reports that from prison in the nearby County Cheongsong moved from 2,600 prisoners for advanced fires.
Emergency shelters were placed in schools and gyms, and UNESCO– Subjected pages such as hahoe folk villages and Byeongsana Confucian Academy in Andong were on Wednesday, local officials said.
Fires are suspected that they have initiated human activity, perhaps sparks from welding or people who ultimately dry grass near the graves, towards government officials.
Forest expert Lee Byung-doo warned that large fires are likely to increase as climate change. “We have to admit it and prepare more resources and workforce,” he said.
Fire Seasons around the world are grown longer and more intensively as Climate break makes dry and windy conditions more common. Scientific studies have found out Climate crisis He has already extended the global fire season in about two weeks on average.