Korean wildfire 2022
Uljin forest fire 2022 |
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![]() Fires in Uljin 2022 (NASA image, 7 March 2022) [1] |
Date(s) | 3 March 2022 (2022-03-03) – 15 April 2022 (15 April 2022) |
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Evacuated | 3995 |
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On 3 March 2022 a major forest fire started in Uljin, South Korea, which threatened threatened a liquified natural gas plant[2] and the Hanul Nuclear Power Plant.[2][3] It burned over 20,923 hectares of land,[4] and by the end of its first day 3995 people been evacuated.[5] It was finally extinguished on 15 April 2022,[4] and required Korean Army and US. Army support.[1] Extinguishing the blaze required 84 helicopters, 3970 Korean firefighting service personnel, 1600 servicemen from the South Korean military, and personnel and helicopters from the US Army.[4]
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