South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 26

There are also big wildfires in Japan. Unusual for Asia to have a fire. Hopefully everyone will be safe and no looting like there usually is in America.

Maybe it's time for Japan and South Korea to buy equipment to extinguish large fires (replace helicopters with airplanes).

Maybe it's time for Japan and South Korea to buy equipment to extinguish large fires (replace helicopters with airplanes).

Japan and Korea lack the large bodies of freshwater required to refill fixed wing firefighting aircraft. Rotary wing with drop buckets are more practical.

There are now several types of aircraft that carry out water refills at airports (12 minutes, engine running to fill 22 tons of water).

This is the case in France, where there are huge forest fires every year.

"South Korea battles worst ever wildfires as death toll hits 26."

What a tragedy! But remember the world has aged and deteriorating ver fast enough

In Japan, there are very few forest fires that result in fatalities, so firefighting is carried out from the air using helicopters and from land using fire engines, but this is only effective in the early stages.

To completely put out a fire, the deployment of large aircraft would be necessary, but it is unlikely that such aircraft will be introduced in Japan.