Yoon offers condolences for wildfire victims

President Yoon Suk Yeol bows to his supporters as he leaves Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, March 8. Yonhap

President Yoon Suk Yeol offered his condolences Sunday for firefighters and government officials who were killed while battling wildfires.

It marked Yoon's second public message after he was released from detention on March 8 on procedural grounds related to the investigation into insurrection charges over his short-lived martial law declaration in December.

"I mourn the loss of the four firefighters and public officials who tragically lost their lives while battling the wildfires," Yoon wrote in a Facebook posting.

Yoon also expressed concerns over the blazes still burning in five regions and the rising number of evacuees, urging the government to mobilize all available resources to swiftly extinguish the wildfires and provide support to those affected. (Yonhap)