WILDFIRES continued to ravage South Korea’s south yesterday, killing 24, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate, officials reported.

The death toll included a pilot who died after a helicopter crashed during efforts to contain wildfires in the south-eastern town of Uiseong, one of the hardest-hit areas. The aircraft had no other crew members.

The National Fire Agency said at least 26 other people had sustained varying degrees of injuries.