South Korean firefighters make progress in containing wildfires in southeastern regions

South Korean firefighters on Tuesday appeared closer to containing the largest wildfires in the country’s southeastern regions, after the blazes fueled by dry winds burned more than 36,300 acres of land across the country in the past five days.

Thousands of firefighters, along with hundreds of vehicles and more than 100 helicopters, were deployed to battle the fires in Sancheong county, the neighboring town of Uiseong and Ulsan city, according to the Korea Forest Service.

Around 90% of the fires in Sancheong and Uiseong and more than half of the blaze in Ulsan were extinguished as of Tuesday morning, officials said, but firefighters were also responding to several other fires in the country’s southern regions. (Video courtesy of Associated Press)