강릉•삼척 대형 산불 이틀째
A forest fire started to spread across the eastern part of Korea on Saturday... destroying homes and forcing residents to evacuate.
Efforts to contain the blaze in Gangwon-do province, Gangneung and Samcheok is still ongoing.
Kim Hyesung has our top story.
Thousands of firefighters, soldiers, police officers and government officials are working to put out the fire that's been swallowing up the mountains.
The forest fire started around three thirty p.m. on Saturday in the city of Gangneung and spread rapidly across the eastern part of Korea amid the dry air and strong winds.
As of Sunday morning, more than thirty houses have burned... along with 300-thousand hectares of mountainous land in Gangneung itself and 800 thousand hectares across the country.
The Korea Forest Service raised the forest fire warning alert to the highest level Saturday at nine p.m.
More than three hundred residents were evacuated to schools and public facilities nearby and an evacuation order has been issued to some 25-hundred Gangneung residents.
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"The wind was just so strong. The fire can't be extinguished, and I'm just so worried that my house will be burnt down too."
More than 60 helicopters have been mobilized to extinguish the fire in the eastern cities, and the Korea Forest Service said it's aiming to put it out by Sunday before the wind picks up again.
The forest fire has resulted in three casulties so far, and the police are currently investigating a 57 year-old man on suspicions that he started the fire.
Kim Hyesung, Arirang News.
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