A large-scale forest fire broke out on the island of Maui, Hawaii, a world-class resort, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began preparing measures to protect local residents.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin, who is on a tour of Africa, received a phone call from Consul General Lee Seo-young of Honolulu on the 10th local time in Ethiopia about the local situation related to wildfires in Hawaii, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Minister Park Jin ordered that all efforts should be made to establish emergency safety measures for overseas Koreans and Korean tourists.
Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Oh Young-ju also presided over a joint countermeasures meeting attended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters and the Consulate General in Honolulu on the same day.
Vice Minister Oh urged the Headquarters and diplomatic missions to work closely together to quickly identify the current state of damage to the public despite the poor situation in which electricity and communication were cut off, and to take necessary measures so that citizens staying in the country can move to a safe place as soon as possible.
On the island of Maui, a wildfire that occurred on the 8th local time spread rapidly with hurricane-force winds, causing enormous loss of life and property.
So far, no Korean casualties have been identified.
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2023-08-10 10:25:34
