The main blaze in a wildfire that reignited on a mountain in the southeastern city of Daegu has been contained, forest service authorities said Thursday.
About 40 helicopters and 900 personnel were deployed to put out the wildfire that reignited on Mount Hamji in Daegu, with firefighters trying to extinguish smoldering fires, according to officials at the Korea Forest Service.
The fire, which began Monday afternoon, was extinguished nearly 23 hours later on Tuesday afternoon after scorching 260 hectares of land and forcing more than 2,000 people to evacuate.
That evening, however, the fire began reigniting on parts of the mountain and, by Wednesday evening, had spread close to nearby residential areas, fanned by strong winds. (Yonhap)
