The South Korean police announced on Sunday that she had detained a man suspected of arising the greatest fires in the history of the country. He performed a ritual at the grave of relatives.
According to South Korean media, 28 people were killed in forest fires. The police reported on Sunday that the fire could be caused by a man who in the cemetery in the Uiseong region, in the south -east of the country, performed a ritual at the grave of relatives.
A suspicious man was arrested
The police suspect that a 56-year-old man could start fire on March 22. According to his daughter, he tried to burn branches of trees hanging over the grave of his grandparents; He denies it himself – the AFP agency said. The man will be summoned for interrogation when the inspection and searching for the presumed place of the fire, which may take a month.
Fires in South KoreaReuters/Korea Forest Service
The most tragic fires in the history of the country
About 48,000 hectares of forests burned in fires, which makes it the most destructive in the history of the country – the previous record disaster was recorded in April 2000, when the fire consumed nearly 24,000. ha forests on the east coast.
Although the fight against fire is coming to an end, the situation in the region remains difficult. Over 37.8 thousand inhabitants were forced to leave the houses, mainly in the areas of Uiseong and Andong poviats. The fire damaged or destroyed four thousand buildings, including the historic temple complex.
Until Friday, the element was mostly mastered, although firefighters are still fighting small fire outbreaks that were created on Saturday. These were the most tragic fires in the history of South Korea, said the AFP agency.
The VII-century temple destroyed by the flamesReuters/Jogyesa
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