China News Service, March 9. According to Korean media reports, the wildfires that have been burning for 6 consecutive days in the east coast of South Korea are still unabated, and the fire department is struggling to fight.
Although the extinguishing rate in Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do and Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do is 70%, fires are still spreading in areas such as Sogwang-ri, Uljin and Yeongbongsan, where the Kumgang pine ecological community is located.
Choi Bingyan, director of the Korea Forestry Department, said at a press conference on the morning of the 9th that 80% of the wildfires that had burned into the ecological community of King Kong pine have been extinguished, and aviation fire fighting work is underway.
Since the fire spread is at a certain distance from the core area of the ecological zone, the damage is not large, and the forestry department is currently learning the exact disaster situation.
According to the report, the fire department invested 3,970 manpower, 82 fire-fighting helicopters and 305 fire trucks to put out the fire in the Zhaoguangli and Yingfeng Mountain areas in the early morning, but the mountains are steep and the fire is fierce, and it is expected that the fire-fighting work will take a long time.
On the other hand, the Gyeongsangbuk-do Election Management Committee provided vehicles to the polling station for victims who wish to vote in the general election.
The local government said that it will actively protect the voting rights of firefighters through shifts and other methods.