Strong winds, dense forests, and unusually dry weather – this is the deadly mixture that experts say it nourishes the largest forest fires in South Korea’s history.

Hell was burned in the southeast through 35,810 hectares (88,500 acres) as of Thursday – this is about half the size of New York City – killing 27 people so far and clarifying tens of thousands.

The authorities believe that the forest fires that started by chance of human activity, but the main engines of destruction are dry lands, and the strong charge that sweeps the interior.

Disaster expert in forests said the high concentration of pine forests in North Jeongange County, where fires are also burned, “decorates” the fire.

“Pine trees contain resins, working like oil, and intensifying fires when igniting. This resin causes forest fires burning faster, stronger and longer,” said Leong De of the National Institute of Forestics in Seoul.

Androng, one of the worst cities, is famous for calm pine forests.

While they provide shelter and food for local wildlife and sometimes help break the wind, pine trees “become a problem during forest fires,” Mr. Lee told the BBC.

Because the forests [in South Korea] It contains large numbers of pine trees, and the areas are especially weak when the fires erupt. “

Moreover, pine trees keep its needles throughout the winter season, making them vulnerable to “crown fires” – forest fires that spread by igniting the dense umbrella of the branches and leaves. This contributed to the spread of rapid and broad fires during the past week.

Unlike neighboring countries such as China and North Korea, South Korea has made gains in forest cover in recent years.

“Most of the mountains are now full of fallen leaves and pine trees … this accumulation has become an important factor in accelerating the spread of the Hashim fire,” says Pike Min Ho, a disaster prevention specialist at Kangon National University.

Experts say climate change is to blame.

“These fires in the Hashim again revealed the harsh reality of the climate crisis, unlike anything we have seen before,” said Lee Han-Kyung, South Korea’s disaster head on Thursday.

The ideal environment of these standard fires was based on the past few weeks, which have witnessed high temperatures above 20C (68f), which is unusually high for the spring. The analysis by the Climate Center, which is looking for climate science, indicates that these high temperatures reach five times more likely by global warming.

The extraordinary heat dried out of the ground and air, allowing fires to spread faster, especially when combining strong winds.

The cover of thick trees and strong winds in the area that has also damaged fire also shows great challenges to firefighting efforts.

On Wednesday, a 73 -year -old pilot died when a fire -fighting helicopter crashed in Oznaj County. At least three other firefighters were killed in fire.

Officials say that most of the 26 people who died in the 1960s and 1970s. South Korea is an elderly community, with a age of one in five people at least 65 years.

North Gyeongsang is its second oldest boycott, which also explains the relatively high death – it is especially difficult to evacuate the elderly in a disaster because they may suffer from mobility problems or other health risks.

They may also face more difficulty in reaching or explaining evacuation orders.

Three residents of the elderly care facility in Yongdoc Province died on Wednesday, when the car they were in them rose. Korea Jongang Daily reported that Korea Jong -Daily managed to escape in time in time.

On Thursday, President Han Duck Soo said that it was “concerned” that many of the elderly victims, because he ordered the Minister of Interior to move to northern Jeongange to oversee relief efforts.

She told a resident of Andog, who was sincere, but her BBC lost her family and their neighbors had warned of fires.

“No one in the village was ready,” said the woman, who asked not to be named.

She said: “We had to leave without anything, and all our properties have gone.

Historical monuments on the ground – a great loss for a region that is considered one of the cultural centers of South Korea.

These treasures include two temples, each of which are more than 1000 years. One of them, the Grousa Temple, returns to the Silla (57BC to 935ad).

Participated in additional reports by Rachel Li and Jake Coone in Seoul