Korea Forest Service Aims for Morning 'Jubul Extinguishing' in Andong... Hadong and Nonsan Extinguishing Rate at 90%

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service is accelerating wildfire suppression efforts in Andong and other areas.

According to the Korea Forest Service on the 22nd, forest authorities are currently conducting wildfire suppression operations in five locations: Andong and Yecheon in Gyeongbuk, Yeongdong in Chungbuk, Hadong in Gyeongnam, and Nonsan in Chungnam.

As of 9 a.m. that day, the wildfire containment rates at each site were ▲Andong 20% ▲Yecheon 70% ▲Yeongdong 80% ▲Hadong 90% ▲Nonsan 90%.

A total of 74 helicopters and 4,922 firefighting personnel have been deployed to the wildfire sites to suppress the fires.

In particular, the Korea Forest Service issued a “full mobilization order” for national wildfire suppression helicopters and deployed helicopters to the sites at sunrise (7:10 a.m.). The helicopters were allocated as follows: 23 in Andong, 14 in Yecheon, 12 in Yeongdong, 19 in Hadong, and 7 in Nonsan.

It has been confirmed that no casualties have occurred at the five wildfire sites so far.

However, in Andong, due to the rapid spread of the wildfire on the previous evening and concerns about damage to residential areas, residents in the Mangcheon-ri area of Imdong-myeon were evacuated to safe locations but have all (56 people) since returned.

Although no casualties occurred in Andong, damages were reported to one warehouse, one container, one vacant house, and two solar panels.

The Korea Forest Service aims to complete the main fire suppression at the five sites by the end of the morning, starting with helicopter deployment.

Ko Rak-sam, head of the Central Wildfire Prevention Headquarters at the Korea Forest Service, said, “With dry weather and strong winds continuing nationwide, the risk of wildfires is increasing. We ask the public to refrain from illegal burning and careless handling of fire near forest areas and to actively participate in wildfire prevention.”

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