China News Service, March 5th. According to Korean media reports, on the 5th, due to the continuous spread of wildfires in southeastern South Korea, the South Korean Fire Department issued the highest level of fire danger warning to the whole country for the first time.
According to the report, the South Korean Fire Department said that the wildfire in southeastern South Korea that occurred on the 4th has spread northward to the Gangwon-do area.
Dry weather is expected to continue this weekend, with unabated winds.
Considering that absentee voting in the South Korean general election is taking place in various parts of South Korea, it was decided to raise the national fire danger warning to the highest level of "severe".
A relevant person from the Korea Fire Department said that it is the first time that the highest level of fire warning has been issued nationwide, which means that the current fire risk situation is grim.
On the 4th, the fire spread to the vicinity of the Hanwei nuclear power plant, but no damage was caused.
In addition, the fire also spread to the vicinity of a liquefied natural gas production base.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has demanded that all available resources be used to put out the fire as soon as possible.
On the morning of the 4th local time, a fire broke out on a hill in Douchon-ri, North Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and the Hansan Forestry Office launched a third-level forest fire response in the afternoon.