60s Woman's Body Found Burned in Cheongsong Police Station... "Presumed Dead from Wildfire" (Update)

A fire caused by embers carried by strong winds from a wildfire in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongbuk, occurred on the fourth day of the wildfire on the 25th in Hawha 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun. Photo by Yonhap News

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A charred body was found in Cheongsong, Gyeongbuk, where the wildfire damage is increasing.

According to the police on the 25th, around 7 p.m. that day, a 65-year-old person named A was found deceased by a passerby on the outskirts of a road in Cheongsong-eup, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk.

Police confirmed with the bereaved family that A was evacuating using a private car following the wildfire evacuation order. At the time of discovery, A was outside the car.

The police estimated that A died after being engulfed by the wildfire while evacuating.

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