2022 Uljin forest fire

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2022 Uljin forest fire
Fires in Uljin 2022.jpg
Fires in Uljin 2022 (NASA image, 7 March 2022) [1]
Date(s)
3 March 2022 (2022-03-03)– 15 April 2022 (2022-04-15)
Impacts
Evacuated3995

On 3 March 2022 a major forest fire started in Uljin, South Korea, which 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 3,995 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, 3,970 Korean firefighting service personnel, 1,600 servicemen from the South Korean military, and personnel and helicopters from the US Army. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lauren Dauphin (2022). "Wildfires char South Korea". NASA Earth Observatory.
  2. 1 2 Entcheva, Ruja (14 September 2022). "South Korean Wildfires". Center for Disaster Philanthropy. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ 김, 나영 (4 March 2022). "(LEAD) Firefighters battling wildfire in eastern coastal county of Uljin". Yonhap News Agency . Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Cuenca, Oliver. "South Korean and US aerial firefighting units extinguish Uljin wildfire". AirMed&Rescue. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Wildfire in Uljin County prompts evacuation of 3,995 local residents , retrieved 9 January 2023
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