Mountain fires in southeastern South Korea: a threat to ecological safety

Recently, large-scale hill fires have been raging in South Gyeongsang Province, North Gyeongsang Province and Ulsan, South Korea, covering more than 14,000 hectares, killing 15 people and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. This disaster, caused by a combination of extreme dry weather and human negligence, not only destroys forest ecology, but also poses a fatal threat to the world’s cultural heritage.