Dry conditions are expected to persist in the wildfire-hit region on Wednesday, the safety ministry said.
Climate change is projected to make wildfires more frequent, Lee said, as wildfires that ravaged part of Los Angeles in January and a recent wildfire in northeast Japan are still relatively rare.
“We have to admit large-scale wildfires are going to increase and prepare more resources and manpower,” he told a local television station.
The casualties included four people who were trying to escape the fire but their vehicle was overturned. Three died and one was injured, Yonhap news agency reported.
The blazes that broke out on Saturday in Uiseong are yet to be contained, gutting ancient temples and destroying homes.
The government has designated the affected areas as special disaster zones, and said the fires had damaged more than 15,000 hectares.
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