China News Service, March 8. According to Korean media reports, South Korea's Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters estimated on the 8th that as of 6:00 a.m. local time on the 8th, a large-scale forest fire in the east coast area had burned down 21,772 hectares of forest, covering an area of ​​more than 21,772 hectares. One third of the city of Seoul, equivalent to 30,493 football fields.

　　According to the report, the area of ​​the forest fire has approached a historical record. The largest wildfire in South Korea was a wildfire (23,794 hectares) that occurred on the east coast in 2000.

The picture shows an aerial view of the forest fire area in South Korea on March 5, local time.

　　While no casualties have been reported, a total of 570 facilities were damaged.

　　According to reports, as of 10:00 p.m. on the 7th, the forest and fire departments invested a total of 2,769 manpower and 381 sets of fire-fighting equipment to carry out residual fire clearance work to spread the fire.

　　South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced on the 8th that the city of Gangneung and Donghae in Gangwon Province, where large-scale forest fires occurred, will be designated as the hardest-hit areas.

　　Blue House spokesman Park Kyung-mi announced on the same day that after Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Samcheok-city, Gangwon-do, Gangneung and Donghae were once again designated as hard-hit areas so that the central government could directly support disaster relief and reconstruction.

　　After being classified as a hard-hit area, the restoration and reconstruction of houses in the corresponding disaster-stricken areas will receive central financial subsidies according to the ratio of 70% of private ownership and 50% of public ownership, and the financial burden of local governments will be reduced accordingly.

Disaster victims will receive subsidy for living stability, deferred payment of local tax, and reduction and exemption of public utility charges.

　　Moon Jae-in recently instructed his staff to quickly provide financial support and agricultural support to the affected small businesses, self-employed and farmers while helping the victims to restore their living and living.