But the largest culprit is the wind and dry land. The ideal environment for South Korea's largest ever wildfire has been building for the past few weeks. It's only March, but we've already seen temperatures rise to 20 degrees Celsius, which often dries out the air. And strong gusts are sweeping over the inland regions.

The wildfires have scorched 88,488 acres of land in the southeast, making it the worst disaster of its kind in South Korea, according to the government’s disaster response centre. The blazes have also left nearly 30 people injured and forced over 24,200 residents to evacuate.

A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the frontlines tackling South Korea's devastating wildfires this week - and paid a disproportionate price.