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Wildfires kill at least 24 In South Korea

Reuters on MSN · 21h

South Korea wildfires kill at least 24, pilot killed as firefighting helicopter crashes

The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country battles some of its worst forest fires in decades.

Huge South Korea wildfires kill 27 and threaten to destroy ancient temples

The wildfires in South Korea, which started on 21 March and have killed at least 26 people, have since spread to cover more than 36,000 hectares - larger than recent wildfires that have similarly made headlines and sent panic rippling through local communities.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1h

South Korea is in uphill battle to contain massive wildfires as the death toll rises to 26

Multiple wildfires raging across South Korea’s southern regions for days have killed 26 people and destroyed more than 300 structures.

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Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed in ‘unprecedented’ and deadly South Korea wildfires

South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities ...

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'Largest on record' wildfires in South Korea claim over 25 lives and force 37,000 to flee

Wildfires have been burning for days in the country's south-east, with authorities warning the situation is not yet under ...

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Race to save lives and cultural treasures from South Korea's worst ever fires

But the largest culprit is the wind and dry land. The ideal environment for South Korea's largest ever wildfire has been ...

Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN2d

Wildfires damage evergreen forest, fortress heritage sites in Ulsan

Two more nationally designated cultural assets were confirmed to be damaged late Monday afternoon due to the wildfires that ...

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