26 people were killed, the firefighter’s helicopter fell instead

Dry – Forest fires that hit South Korea (South Korea) Since last week it has become “the biggest engraving ever in the country. The death figure has also increased up to 26 people.

Over the weekend, more than a dozen forest fire points occurred, boring most of the southeastern South Korean region. This larger fire forced about 27,000 people to immediately evacuate, with a fire cut on the road and also cut the communication paths while residents were panicing.

“Forest fires have spread rapidly,” said Lee Han-kyung, head of the Disaster and Security Division, on Thursday 27/03/2025).

“26 people were killed, eight people were seriously injured and 22 people were slightly injured,” he said again, he said Afp.

“The forest damage reached 35,810 hectares, which exceeded the area affected by the fire of the east coastal forest in 2000, which was previously the largest registered forest fire, more than 10,000 hectares,” he added.

Falling Fire helicopter, murdered pilot

The scope of this damage turned it into the largest forest fire in South Korea, following a large fire in April 2000, which burned 23,913 hectares along the east coast.

Authorities say that changes in wind patterns and dry climate have revealed the limitations of conventional fire fighting methods.

Most of the number of deaths were local residents, but at least three firefighters were killed and a fire helicopter pilot died when his helicopter fell into a mountainous area, officials said.

Last year was the hottest year that was registered once in South Korea, with the South Korean Meteorological Agency said the average annual temperature was 14.5 degrees Celsius-two degrees above the previous 30 years of 12.5 degrees.