By Admin 
On Wednesday, firefighters also struggled hard to extinguish the forest fire in the southeastern region of South Korea. At least 24 people have died in this fire, but efforts to prevent the spread of fire due to strong winds and dry weather are hindering.
Dozens of fire fighting helicopters, around 5,000 employees and around 560 equipment have been installed to extinguish the fire, but last Friday, wildfire in the Sanchyong County of South Gyongsang province has spread to the north-east of the entire region. In five days, the fire has spread to a nearby Uchong and is growing up to neighboring Endong, Cheongsong, Yongyang and Yeongdeok.
According to data from the ‘Central Disaster and Safety Countmager Headquarters’ (Central Disaster and Security Provinces Headquarters), 24 people died due to forest fire till 4 pm, of which 20 were in U thisong and four from Mankhong.
Police and firefighters had earlier calculated the death of 21 people in the northern part of the northern Gyongsang province, including two in Endong, three in Cheongsagg, six in Yongyang and six in Yeongdeok.
Due to strong winds, there is a risk of spreading wildfire to eastern coastal areas, causing anxiety that flames can reach the coastal county Ulajin, where there is a major nuclear power plant.
The forest officer appealed to take precautions towards unexpected factors, such as sudden change in wind direction. Useong wildfire was initially spread to the east, on Tuesday and Wednesday, southern and south-western winds were seen.
In Yongyang, four of the five victims died on the road at around 11 pm on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the acting President Han Dak-Suk called to make every effort to help prevent fatal wildfire from spreading, described it as “the most horrific forest fire ever”.
Han said that so far, wildfire has destroyed 17,000 hectares of forests and 209 houses and factories.
Fire flames destroyed the Goun temple in U thisong
Fire flames destroyed the Gaon temple in Uisong, which is an ancient temple built in 681 AD during the Sila Dynasty (57 BC-935 AD). The national treasury stored in the temple was already transferred to other places.
Earlier, a fire -fighting helicopter crashed in Uisong, struggling with a large wildfire in the country, in which the pilot died.