A wildfire in Yeongdeok, the largest producer of pine mushrooms in South Korea

(Yeongdeok = Yonhap News) Reporter Dae-seong Son = "If there is a forest fire, there will be no trees for 30 years. Choi Oh-gyu (61), who collects and sells pine mushrooms in Yeongdeok, Gyeongsangbuk-do, said this when asked about the damage caused by the Yeongdeok forest fire. The recent wildfire in Yeongdeok, Korea's leading pine producer, is raising concerns among pine farmers. According to Yeongdeok-gun on the 2nd, Yeongdeok was the largest producer of pine trees, accounting for 30% of the nation's total purchase of 32 tons of pine trees last year. The first wildfire that occurred in Samhwa-ri, Jipum-myeon, Yeongdeok, on the morning of the 15th was extinguished on the afternoon of the same day, but it rekindled in the Hwacheon-ri area of Yeongdeok-eup on the 16th and was extinguished on the 17th. It is estimated that 400 hectares of mountains have been damaged by this forest fire so far. The area where the forest fire occurred is the area centered on Hwarimsan, such as ...