Firefighters are conducting nighttime firefighting operations at a forest fire site in Sicheon-myeon, Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam. Provided by Korea Forest Service

Firefighters are conducting nighttime firefighting operations at a forest fire site in Sicheon-myeon, Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam. Provided by Korea Forest Service

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The wildfire that broke out at 3:26 p.m. on the 21st in a forested area of Sicheon-myeon, Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, has continued for three days.


Due to strong winds and dry weather at the site, the Sancheong wildfire has repeatedly been extinguished and reignited. As of 9 p.m. on the 23rd, 71% of the fire had been contained.


As night fell, 32 firefighting helicopters withdrew, but 2,452 personnel and 244 firefighting vehicles continued nighttime operations throughout the mountain.





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