Daegu Hamji Mountain Wildfire Fully Extinguished
The wildfire that occurred at Hamji Mountain in North Daegu was completely extinguished about 36 hours after it reignited.
On the morning of the 1st, forestry authorities announced that all remaining 500 meters of fire line had been extinguished and that they had switched to a rear fire monitoring system.
No embers were confirmed to be present even with thermal imaging cameras.
Previously, the Hamji Mountain wildfire, which first broke out at 2:02 PM on the 28th of last month in the Nogok-dong area of North Daegu, was contained within about 23 hours. However, it reignited again at 7:31 PM on the 29th near the 7th ridge of Baengnyeonsa Temple.
Afterward, the fire spread to five areas in the north and east, coming close to residential areas, and led to the emergency evacuation of over 200 residents in Seobyeondong at around 5:13 PM on the 30th.
The Korea Forest Service and the firefighting authorities focused on protecting residential areas by establishing fire lines and deployed 656 personnel and 33 equipment for overnight firefighting operations.
From early morning on the 1st, a total of 43 helicopters, including 42 firefighting helicopters, and 884 personnel were mobilized to clear the remaining fire line.
The area affected by the wildfire was assessed at a total of 310 hectares, which is 50 hectares larger than the area during the initial fire containment. The Korea Forest Service reported that the forecasted 5-10mm of rain from noon on that day would help with the mop-up efforts.
A Korea Forest Service official stated, "We have confirmed that the reignited wildfire has been completely extinguished, and we have now switched to a rear fire monitoring system."
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