Police launch probe into a man suspected of accidentally starting the country’s worst wildfires in history while clearing his relatives’ gravesites
South Korean police have launched a probe into a man suspected of accidentally igniting the country’s worst wildfires in history while cleaning his grandparents’ gravesites, an investigator has said.
More than a dozen fires have been fanned by high winds and dry conditions, killing 30 people and burning more than 48,000 hectares (118,610 acres) of forest, with officials calling it the worst of its kind recorded in South Korea, with the fires exposing the harsh reality of global heating.
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