The fire, which began in Sancheong county on Friday afternoon, prompted the deployment of 304 personnel, along with 20 helicopters, according to South Korea’s Interior Ministry.
On Saturday, “two firefighters have been found dead, while two individuals are remaining missing”, a fire agency official told AFP.
It was not immediately clear if the two missing people were also firefighters.
Wildfires also hit several other areas in central and southern provinces, the Korea Forest Service said.
The forest agency has issued “severe” fire warnings, its highest level, in 12 locations, including North and South Gyeongsang provinces, Busan and Daejeon.
Sancheong in South Gyeongsang province is about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southeast of Seoul.
South Korea’s acting president Choi Sang-mok told relevant agencies to “mobilise all available equipment and personnel to quickly extinguish” the fire, his office said.
Some types of extreme weather have a well-established link with climate change, such as heat waves or heavy rainfall.
Other phenomena such as forest fires, droughts, snowstorm,s and tropical storms can result from a combination of complex factors.
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