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Wildfires ravage South Korea, killing 18 and destroying a 1,300-year-old temple

A man walks near a burnt-out house in a damaged village in Yeongyang, South Korea on Wednesday.

A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were among the structures destroyed in the wildfires that have burned 43,330 acres and injured 19 people.

(Image credit: Yun Kwan-shik)

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