Seoul, March 28 -- The death toll rose to 28, with 37 others injured, in South Korea's worst-ever wildfires, government compilation showed Friday.
Since March 21, infernos had broken out in 11 areas, mostly in the southeastern Gyeongsang province, and five of them were completely extinguished, according to the central disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters.
In the remaining six areas, 83 percent of the fires were put out on average at 5:00 a.m. local time.
The blazes affected at least 48,150.61 hectares of woodland, marking the country's worst-ever wildfire damage. The previous high was in 2000 when 23,794 hectares of land were ravag
Of the wounded, nine people suffered serious injuries. Most of the victims were those aged 60 o...