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Firefighters struggling at the site of large-scale forest fires are known, causing regret. Netizens appear to send messages of support to firefighters and express their gratitude.

Baek Kyung (pen name), an incumbent firefighter and writer, posted a photo of a fire truck that appears to have been put into the fire station on the social network service (SNS) X on the 27th.

Baek-kyung wrote, "I thought you were joking because a close colleague said, 'I almost died on the job' after visiting the forest fire support," adding, "I knew it wasn't a joke when I saw the car baked."

"If it rains and the fire is caught, I will call my friend home," he said, adding, "It's itchy to say thank you for living, so I will grill and feed him pork."

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In addition, firefighter A attached two pictures to X, saying, "How can I endure 24 hours?"

It was a photo of a firefighter lying in what appeared to be an outdoor parking lot with his fire suit undone. In another photo, a firefighter wearing a tanned fire suit and a tired face was captured.

Netizens who encountered this left messages of support, such as "Safety is the top priority above all else," "Thank you so much for your hard work, and "Your bodies are a valuable asset of the country."

Firefighters are suffering from severe fatigue due to the large forest fires. On the 24th, a firefighter in his 40s from the Sangju Fire Station was taken to the hospital due to dizziness and vomiting during the forest fire control work.

There were also casualties of forest fire extinguishing personnel. A helicopter used to extinguish forest fires crashed in Uiseong, North Gyeongsang Province, killing the late helicopter pilot Captain Park Hyun-woo. In addition, a wildfire monitor in his 60s, who went missing on his way home after being deployed to suppress wildfires in Yeongdeok, Gyeongsangbuk-do, was found burned to death.