At least 18 people are killed as an “unprecedented” sharp guard throughout South Korea Environmental news

South Korea’s forest service said that thousands of fighters deal with five fires across the country, at least throughout the country.

Officials said at least 18 people were killed, and nearly 20 people were injured in anger in multiple areas throughout the southeastern region of South Korea, where thousands of firefighters and soldiers are struggling to control the expanding fire quickly.

The official Yonhap Agency in South Korea said that the death toll had reached 18 on Wednesday, the sixth day of fires, which are fueled by strong and dry winds.

According to Yonhap, four victims were burned to death after they tried to escape the fires, but their car turned. They were found dead on the road late on Tuesday night.

Korea’s forest service said that firefighters are fighting at least five active fires throughout the country as of Wednesday morning.

Forest fires began late on Friday in Sanchyong Province in the Northern Jeongange Province before spreading to the neighboring Oznag Province – located about 180 km (111 miles) southeast of the capital Seoul – and developed into the provinces of Andog, Chaoung, Yong, Yang and Yyong Duwuk.

Anderong officials and other southeastern cities and towns of the population ordered the evacuation while the firefighters struggle to contain fires, which burned more than 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) of the forests and destroyed hundreds of structures, including the 1,000 -year -old Jona Temple in Osseung.

Yonhap said that the national treasures stored in the Buddhist temple, which was built in 681, had been transferred to safety in other regions of the country.

The authorities also issued an emergency alert to the popular village of Hawa-a global heritage site listed in the UNESCO list common to tourists in Andog County-with the approaching fire.

“The forest fire is currently about 8 kilometers (4.9 miles) from the village of Hao,” said an official at the Korea Heritage Service, adding that fire trucks and dozens of firefighters are in preparation and water spraying around the hypothesis to prevent fire.

Lee Pyong de, an expert in forest disasters at the National Institute of Forestry Science in the country, said that the fire in Ozng showed a range and speed “unimaginable.”

South Korean President Han Duck Su said that raging fires exceeded all the prediction models of such a catastrophe.

Han said: “Forest fires that burn for a fifth consecutive day in Ulsan and the Jeongang region caused unprecedented damage,” Han said. He said that the fires “develop in a way that exceeds all of the current prediction models and previous expectations.”

According to Yonhap, the South Korean army deployed an estimated 5,000 service members and sent 146 helicopters to help fight fires alongside thousands of firefighters.

Nearly 500 prisoners were transferred in prison to other facilities outside the fire risk area.