Forest fire caused mass evacuation in South Korea

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Forest fire in east coastal area South Korea forced to evacuate more than 6 000 people. The fire temporarily threatened nuclear power plant, and the president declared alarm. Thousands of South Korean firefighters and the military personnel on Saturday worked over suppression of heavy forest fire which extended more than on 6 000 hectares (nearly 15 000 acres) from the moment of emergence on the mountain on east coast of the country. On one of stages the fire threatened to capture nuclear power plant and the largest in South Korea a complex on production the liquefied natural gas (LNG), but firefighters took fire under...