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Firefighters battle 'severe' South Korean wildfire
South Korea deployed thousands of firefighters and issued its highest fire hazard warning on Saturday (Mar 5) as a large wildfire torn through the country's eastern coastal region.
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About 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as the fire, which started on early Friday on a mountain in the seaside town of Uljin, spread to the nearby city of Samcheok and beyond.
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As of Saturday afternoon, authorities had deployed more than 3,000 firefighters, as well as 57 helicopters and 273 vehicles, according to the Korea Forest Service
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The blaze had briefly threatened a nuclear power station and a liquified natural gas plant on Friday, but the facilities were now safe with emergency services deployed on site to keep them protected, officials said.
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Forest authorities deployed over 50 helicopters and some four-thousand people as soon as the day broke on Sunday, with an aim to contain the main flames by the end of the day.
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The government said wildfires at six locations across the nation prompted the evacuation of some seven-thousand people, including six thousand residents in Uljin and Samcheok.
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