(28 Mar 2025)
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Yeongyang, South Korea – 28 March 2025
1. Various of houses damaged by wildfires
2. Various of hillside and burnt trees
3. Various of destroyed houses
4. Various of burnt graves
5. Destroyed structure
6. Pan of burnt trees
7. Wide of village
8. Road into village, burnt hillside and trees in background
STORYLINE:
Wildfires burning for a week in South Korea’s southeastern region have left devastation in their wake.
The blazes, which have killed 28 people and razed vast swaths of land, were 85% contained as of Friday morning.
In a town in Yeongyang, footage showed a burnt hillside, destroyed homes and charred graves at a cemetery.
Authorities were mobilizing about 9,000 people, 125 helicopters and hundreds of other vehicles to battle the wildfires, the government’s disaster response center said.
The wildfires have burned 47,860 hectares (118,265 acres) of land, forced more than 30,000 people to flee their homes and injured 37 others since last Friday.
Officials said Friday that 8,000 residents remained at temporary shelters.
The fires have been driven by strong winds and dry weather.
AP video by Yong Jun Chang
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