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Two South Koreans got suspended prison terms for starting 2025 wildfires that killed 26 and burned nearly 100,000 hectares.
A South Korean court sentenced two men to suspended prison terms for starting the nation's worst wildfires in March 2025, which killed 26 people, injured 31, destroyed nearly 100,000 hectares of land, and displaced about 3,500 residents.
The fires began on March 22 in Uiseong County when one man burned a sapling at a family grave and another set fire to orchard waste.
Strong winds and dry conditions caused rapid spread across four counties.
The Uiseong branch of the Daegu District Court handed down suspended sentences—two years for Shin, 55, and 2.5 years for Jeong, 63—citing that the defendants could not have predicted the extreme weather and that evidence did not clearly link their actions to the fatalities.
The fires were contained 149 hours after ignition.
Dos surcoreanos recibieron penas de prisión suspendidas por iniciar 2025 incendios forestales que mataron a 26 personas y quemaron casi 100,000 hectáreas.