Firefighters brought the main body of a wildfire in the central county of Hongseong under control Tuesday three days after the blaze broke out to burn down dozens of houses and factories.

The fire had been mostly under control as of 4 p.m., some 53 hours after it engulfed a hill in Hongseong, 114 kilometers south of Seoul, according to forestry authorities, Yonhap reported.

A total of 71 buildings, including 34 houses and 35 factories, were scorched, while 1,454 hectares of land were presumed to have been affected by the blaze.

Authorities said they were trying to completely put out the blaze.

Thousands of firefighters and forestry personnel were, however, combating wildfires in the nearby cities of Dangjin and Daejeon, which have continued for the third day on Tuesday amid dry weather.

Fifteen fire helicopters were deployed to fight the wildfire in Daejeon after sunrise, authorities also said, adding 953 personnel and a total of 85 fire engines and gear will be mobilized Tuesday to combat the fire there.

The fire extinguishing rate in the Dangjin wildfire, meanwhile, stood at 98 percent, and more than 1,000 fire personnel were stepping up efforts to completely put out the fire.

Source: Bahrain News Agency