We also have news of an annual festival turning into an inferno.
Four people are dead and some 50 injured in a forest fire Monday night on the peak of Hwawang Mountain in South Gyeongsang Province. The victims were celebrating the 15th day of the lunar calendar known as the Full Moon Festival. The mountain attracts thousands of hikers each year with its pampas grass burning event.
But this year witnesses say a sudden headwind changed the course of the fire towards the crowd across the fire control line.
Amid the chaos three women and a man were killed in the blaze. Investigation is underway for the exact cause of the incident.
FEB 10, 2009
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Arirang Town
Wednesday, FEB 10, 2010, (KST) 
