South Korean wildfires spread, three more disaster zones named

SANCHEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - Deadly wildfires dispersed further crossed South Korea connected Monday arsenic authorities designated 3 much counties 'special catastrophe zones'.

At slightest 4 radical person been killed and hundreds forced to fly their homes since blazes broke retired successful respective areas connected Saturday, stoked by beardown winds and adust weather.

Kim Byung-wook, a 64-year-old husbandman successful Sancheong County successful the confederate portion of the country, said the location helium had lived successful for much than 30 years had been destroyed.

"Things that punctual maine of my younker disappeared without a hint - photos of my children erstwhile they were young," helium told Reuters.

"The biggest precedence is to rapidly travel up with measures to enactment and let catastrophe betterment arsenic soon arsenic possible," helium said.

Sancheong was already a peculiar catastrophe portion - a designation that triggers other backing and different measures. Acting President Han Duck-soo added different region successful South Gyeongsang Province and 2 others successful Ulsan and North Gyeongsang Province to the list.

Han, who returned to the station pursuing a ruling by the Constitutional Court earlier successful the day, visited Uiseong County, 1 of the affected areas, and met residents who had taken shelter, his bureau said successful a statement.

(Reporting by Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim; Additional Reporting by Hyunsu Yim; Editing by Andrew Heavens)