Multiple wildfires continue to ravage South Korea's southeastern regions, leaving a trail of destruction.

Images from Uiseong-gun, Eonyang-gun, Sancheong-gun and other areas in North and South Gyeongsang Province show strong winds spreading the flames, hampering firefighters' efforts to combat the blaze.

A church in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province burns after embers carried by strong winds ignited a fire on Tuesday, the fourth day of the ongoing wildfire. (Yonhap)
A church in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province burns after embers carried by strong winds ignited a fire on Tuesday, the fourth day of the ongoing wildfire. (Yonhap)
A firefighter pulls a hose toward a burning structure in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Tuesday, as embers from the ongoing wildfire ignite secondary fires in the area. (Yonhap)
A firefighter pulls a hose toward a burning structure in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Tuesday, as embers from the ongoing wildfire ignite secondary fires in the area. (Yonhap)
An aerial view shows widespread fire damage in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Tuesday, the fourth day of the wildfire, as strong winds carry embers into residential areas. (Yonhap)
An aerial view shows widespread fire damage in Hahwa 1-ri, Danchon-myeon, Uiseong-gun, Tuesday, the fourth day of the wildfire, as strong winds carry embers into residential areas. (Yonhap)
Charred apples are scattered around a burned warehouse in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
Charred apples are scattered around a burned warehouse in Uiseong-eup, Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. (Yonhap)

Thick smoke and advancing flames from a wildfire near Songdae-ri, Eonyang in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, approach a high-rise apartment complex on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
Thick smoke and advancing flames from a wildfire near Songdae-ri, Eonyang in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, approach a high-rise apartment complex on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
An aerial shot shows the forest ravaged by the fire, left in ruins in Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province. With blazes affecting 12,565 hectares of land as of Tuesday, a size that is equivalent to one-fifth of Seoul’s area, the wildfire marked the third biggest wildfire in the country’s history. (Yonhap)
An aerial shot shows the forest ravaged by the fire, left in ruins in Uiseong-gun, North Gyeongsang Province. With blazes affecting 12,565 hectares of land as of Tuesday, a size that is equivalent to one-fifth of Seoul’s area, the wildfire marked the third biggest wildfire in the country’s history. (Yonhap)
Amid heavy smoke, a firefighting helicopter works to contain a wildfire burning across mountainous slopes in Sancheong-gun, South Gyeongsang, on Saturday.
Amid heavy smoke, a firefighting helicopter works to contain a wildfire burning across mountainous slopes in Sancheong-gun, South Gyeongsang, on Saturday.
Flames from South Gyeongsang Province’s first major wildfire of the year rise along a roadside in Sancheong-gun on Saturday as the blaze entered its second day. (Yonhap)
Flames from South Gyeongsang Province’s first major wildfire of the year rise along a roadside in Sancheong-gun on Saturday as the blaze entered its second day. (Yonhap)

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