South Korea authorities deploy choppers and troops to battle raging wildfire


A helicopter takes part in an operation to extinguish a wildfire in Uiseong on March 24, 2025. South Korean authorities said on March 24 they would deploy dozens of helicopters and thousands of firefighters and soldiers as they struggle to control multiple wildfires in the southeast, which have been burning for days. -- Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

UISEONG, South Korea (AFP): South Korean authorities said Monday they would deploy dozens of helicopters and thousands of firefighters and soldiers as they struggle to control multiple wildfires in the southeast, which have been burning for days.

Four people have been killed so far, with officials warning that high winds and rising temperatures were hindering efforts to put out the blazes.

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