Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size today, with authorities calling them the country’s worst fire disaster on record.
Since Friday, more than 35,810 hectares (88,488 acres) of land in the southeast has been scorched, the disaster response centre said. The fire that began in Uiseong county is now the biggest single forest fire in South Korea’s history, surpassing the 24,000-hectare blaze of March 2000.
