South Korea is facing “snow injuries” of among the worst fires in history that killed at least 23 people and compelled 27,000 to evacuate.
Blaze destroyed the 1300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles, and burned over 43,000 acres.
Among the dead was a pilot of a helicopter fighting with fires, who died in an accident, informed the Yonhap Information Agency.
Smoke and flames are created from a fireplace in Andong. Photo: Yonhap/Reuters
On the tv address, South KoreaThe duties of President Han Duck-Soo said that the fires that began last Friday caused worse damage than many other previous fires.
“The damage is snowy,” said Han. “There are fears that we will have fire damage that we have never experienced, which is why we must focus all our possibilities to spend fires in the rest of this week.”
He added: “We implement all available staff and equipment in response to the worst fires, but the situation is not good.”
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About 4,650 firefighters, soldiers and other staff, together with about 130 helicopters, fought to extinguish fires when strong winds broke through the affected areas overnight.
The fire threatened several UNESCO – Hahoe and Confucian village places
Academy – on Wednesday at Andong City said a city clerk.
The flames have already burned the Goun temple, an ancient temple in-built 681, said the Yonhap news agency.
Photo: Yonhap/Reuters
Officials in several south -eastern cities and cities ordered residents evacuate on Tuesday, when firefighters tried to stop many flames driven by dry winds.
Among the dead there have been 4 firefighters and government employees who were killed on Saturday after imprisonment by rapidly moving flames powered by strong wind, in accordance with officials.
Government officials suspect that a human error was the explanation for several fires, probably due to use of a fireplace when settling overgrown grass in family tombs or spark from welding work.
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