A big fire broke out in Uljin, Korea! LNG production facilities could be dangerous.

So far, about 4,600 soccer fields have been burned down...
It is dry weather with only 30% relative humidity, and if the fire crosses the ridge, it will hit LNG production facilities...!

Hello anyone,

I'm sending you the news of the fire in Korea.

Historically, Korea's late winter weather is dry and windy. 

Since February 28th, a special drying warning has been issued for five consecutive days, so the relative humidity is very low.

I share the pictures and videos I got from my acquaintances.

More information,

• A tree forest used in Korea's National Treasure No. 1, is destroyed by a large forest fire

What's the current situation?

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.1162899,129.3380113,13.08z/data=!4m2!21m1!1s%2Fg%2F11p_280z2m!5m1!1e8?hl=ko

Geographically, there is an LNG production facility within a radius of 20 km from the point of the fire, so if the fire spreads beyond the ridge, an unspeakable disaster may occur. (Currently, the fire has spread to around 2km of LNG production facilities.)

Currently, 225 firefighters and 85 fire trucks in Korea are camping near LNG production facilities, and 200 forest fire extinguishers and public officials from the Korea Forest Service are being deployed to extinguish the fire. 

What caused the fire?

Korea is originally very dry from March to April.

However, these big fires tend to occur every year, and there is the same reason why wildfires continue every year in California, USA. Experts around the world argue for global warming due to increased carbon emissions, and the average temperature rise caused by global warming will not have anything to do with the global increase in forest fires.

According to the IPCC report, greenhouse gas emissions have raised the Earth's temperature by about 1.1 degrees compared to 1850, about 150 years ago, which is not temporary, but a continuous upward trend.

(IPCC is an international organization jointly established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) for scientific identification of climate change, and regularly provides reports on climate change.)

The problem is that forest destruction and carbon dioxide increase caused by forest fires make this temperature rise steeper, so we cannot escape the vicious cycle. If the global temperature rises further, various side effects will occur, such as frequent extreme phenomena such as forest fires, heatwaves, and heavy rains. This is a reality that we have seen and experienced.

What we have to do?

Geographically, the dry weather in winter has continued in Korea, and forest fires also have that aspect. It cannot be said that such a single fire is the cause of climate change. However, if this phenomenon continues and we feel danger, we will have to find the cause and eliminate it. 

Soon, Korea's presidential election will be held, and a big political change will come. I hope that the next president will provide Korea's policies on climate change and the environment, and also cooperate with international climate change measures.

By the way,

We'll talk about the presidential election in Korea in the next post. ^^;