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South Korea wildfires 'largest on record': disaster chief

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More than a dozen fires broke out over the weekend , scorching wide swathes of the southeast.

More than 35,000 hectares ( 86,500 acres ) of forest have been burned, officials say.

The inferno is South Korea's largest ever wildfire, after an inferno in April 2000 that scorched 23,913 hectares across the east coast .

Authorities say changing wind patterns and dry weather have revealed limitations of conventional firefighting methods.

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