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South Korea’s worst wildfires are now almost contained following rain and cooler weather

Officials say the most destructive wildfires ever to hit South Korea are almost contained. The government's announcement Friday comes after rain and cooler temperatures helped fire crew put out the blazes that have killed 28 people and razed vast swaths of land since last week.

The Independent on MSN · 9h

What caused South Korea’s largest ever wildfires?

What caused South Korea’s largest ever wildfires? - After a week, efforts still continue to contain a fire that killed at least 28 people and destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of land

CNA · 4h

South Korea hopes to use break in weather to contain deadly wildfires

The blazes that began in Uiseong have become the biggest single forest fire in South Korea's history, destroying an area equivalent to about two-thirds of the island of Singapore.

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South Korea is in an uphill battle to contain massive wildfires as the death toll rises to 26

Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as authorities struggled to contain the country's ...

South Korea battles worst wildfire in its history; 26 lives, centuries-old temples & treasures lost

The fires have burned over 81,500 acres of land. At least 26 people are dead and two temples, both hundreds of years old, ...

AFP on MSN2d

'Like the apocalypse': S. Korea wildfires tear through mountains

Truck driver Lee Seung-joo was driving through South Korea's Andong mountains when the wildfires hit, engulfing the area in flames and turning it into "a literal hell"."It was like the apocalypse," ...

2 firefighters die in South Korea as dry winds fuel dozens of wildfires

At least two firefighters have died and hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes in South Korea as emergency ...

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