‘Unprecedented damage’: Death toll in South Korea wildfires rises to 24, including chopper pilot

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UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea - At least 24 people have died as multiple wildfires rage across South Korea’s south-eastern region, with thousands of firefighters aided by the military deployed in a bid to contain one of the country’s worst forest fires in decades.

A helicopter fighting the deadly wildfires crashed on March 26, killing the pilot, the fire department told AFP, as officials race to bring the massive blazes under control.

‘Unprecedented damage’: Death toll in South Korea wildfires rises to 24, including chopper pilot

Many of those who died in the wildfires were in their 60s and 70s. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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