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forest fire in Uljin, Gyeongsangbuk-do is not easy to extinguish as it cannot catch the head of the fire.
go to the scene.
Reporter Park Se-won, is evolution still taking place?
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Yes, I am standing in front of the Shillabi Memorial Hall in Uljin, where the field command headquarters for this wildfire is located.
Forest officials are still working to extinguish the fire.
As the day darkened, the forest fire-fighting helicopters withdrew, and about 280 vehicles and 1,000 firefighters are focusing on defending the Geumgangsong community in Sogwang-ri.
Originally, the goal was to catch the fire head and buzzword before the sun went down yesterday, but the fire extinguishing rate did not progress further from 50%.
The explanation of the authorities is that it is difficult to extinguish the main fire within today.
We divided the range of the Uljin wildfire into ten zones and carried out the suppression work, because the fire was stronger than expected.
The denser growth of trees in the mountains compared to other forests also slows the evolutionary process.
Authorities have focused on defending key structures at night, with forecasts of varying wind directions over time.
We plan to focus on increasing the evolution rate by deploying 82 helicopters from the Ministry of National Defense as soon as dawn.
Meanwhile, the police investigation into the cause of the wildfire is also accelerating.
Police are identifying the numbers of the four vehicles that passed the place at the time of the initial fire and verifying the identities of the drivers.
Previously, these vehicles were captured on CCTV screens surrounding them as they passed the nearby road before the white smoke that led to the big fire at the time rose.