Two firefighters were found dead in South Korea and two were missing as more than 20 wildfires flared across the nation on Saturday, including the deadly one in the southeast of the Korean Peninsula.
Acting President Choi Sang-mok urged all-out efforts to extinguish the fire before sunset as wildfires were spreading rapidly due to strong winds.
The dead firefighters were attempting to quell a fire in South Gyeongsang province that began on Friday and had affected 680 acres as of Saturday afternoon. More than 200 residents had been evacuated.
The South Korean government declared the region a disaster area on Saturday evening.
One dead, several injured in Iranian attack on Manama building
Russian drones injure 20 in Ukraine's Kharkiv, Dnipro
Trump says war could be over soon, as Iran rallies behind new leader
North Korea and China to resume passenger train service after six-year gap
Saudi Arabia, Jordan condemn attack on UAE consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan
