Today (the 7th), the fourth day of the Uljin and Samcheok wildfires, the forest authorities are doing their best to suppress the fire head of the west, Hwadu.
The main fire evolution was predicted until the morning of the next day, tomorrow.
Evolving the main fire means suppressing all of the caustics.
At a regular briefing today at the Korea Forest Service, the head of the Korea Forest Service said, "The main focus of the fire today is suppressing the fire, and it is difficult to say that all fires can be extinguished." do,” he said.
So far, the caustics are about 60 km long, and the evolution rate has increased by 10% compared to yesterday, reaching 50%.
Director Choi explained, "Thanks to the nighttime firefighting work, we succeeded in defending the genetic resource reserve, which is the Geumgangsong colony, overnight."
He added, "Fortunately, the wildfire in the East Sea of Gangneung, Gangwon-do has progressed a lot, and it is expected that the fire extinguishing will be completed around noon today."
Accordingly, about 18 of the helicopters deployed to the Gangwon-do side are expected to be deployed to defend the Uljin area.
The cause of the fire is presumed to be a roadside ignition, and we are focusing on identifying the suspects, such as tracing three vehicles known through the media.