What the records say
- When
- 23 Apr 1996 – 25 Apr 1996
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 38.30° N, 128.43° E
- Description
- 1996 forest fire in Goseong County, South Korea
- Cause
- human error
1996 Goseong fire
1996 forest fire in Goseong County, South Korea
The 1996 Goseong fire was a wildfire that broke out on April 23, 1996, in Jukwang-myeon, Goseong County, Gangwon Province, South Korea. By the time the fire was extinguished on April 25, a total of 3,834 hectares of forest had been burned in Goseong County.
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