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Business News/ Photos / South Korea’s worst wildfires claim 18 lives, force 27,000 to evacuate| In Pics

South Korea’s worst wildfires claim 18 lives, force 27,000 to evacuate| In Pics

9 Photos . Updated: 26 Mar 2025, 12:12 PM IST Livemint

At least 18 people have lost their lives overnight in one of South Korea's most severe wildfires that swept through villages, destroying homes and reducing a historic temple to ashes.

A firefighter sprays water as wildfires rage across the slopes in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

1/9A firefighter sprays water as wildfires rage across the slopes in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

Residents of a UNESCO-listed village who were ordered to evacuate from the advancing wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

2/9Residents of a UNESCO-listed village who were ordered to evacuate from the advancing wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

Evacuees displaced by the advancing wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

3/9Evacuees displaced by the advancing wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

Evacuees displaced by the approaching wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

4/9Evacuees displaced by the approaching wildfires take shelter in the gymnasium of Sinsung Elementary School in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

An elderly woman is carried by her neighbour while evacuating from their homes as wildfires approach Andong Hahoe Folk Village in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

5/9An elderly woman is carried by her neighbour while evacuating from their homes as wildfires approach Andong Hahoe Folk Village in Andong, South Korea, on March 25, 2025. (AFP)

Thick smoke from a raging wildfire engulfs the sky in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

6/9Thick smoke from a raging wildfire engulfs the sky in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

South Korean authorities deployed numerous helicopters to combat the wildfires that have been raging in the country's southeast for several days. (AFP)

7/9South Korean authorities deployed numerous helicopters to combat the wildfires that have been raging in the country's southeast for several days. (AFP)

A man sprays water on a thatched roof in Andong Hahoe Folk Village, South Korea, on March 25, 2025, as a wildfire approaches. (AFP)

8/9A man sprays water on a thatched roof in Andong Hahoe Folk Village, South Korea, on March 25, 2025, as a wildfire approaches. (AFP)

A woman douses her farming equipment with water to protect it from approaching wildfires in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

9/9A woman douses her farming equipment with water to protect it from approaching wildfires in Uiseong, South Korea, on March 24, 2025. (AFP)

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