South Korea is currently grappling with devastating wildfires that have swept through its southeastern regions, marking one of the most severe environmental crises in the nation’s history. The blazes have led to significant loss of life,

The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country battles some of its worst forest fires in decades.

The pilot was killed when a helicopter crashed Wednesday during South Korea's efforts to contain wildfires in the town of Uiseong.