两名韩国人因引发2025次野火而被判缓刑, Two South Koreans got suspended prison terms for starting 2025 wildfires that killed 26 and burned nearly 100,000 hectares.

南韩法院判处两名男子缓刑, 因为他们在2025年3月引发全国最严重的野火, 造成26人死亡、31人受伤、近10万公顷土地被毁、约3 500名居民流离失所。 A South Korean court sentenced two men to suspended prison terms for starting the nation's worst wildfires in March 2025, which killed 26 people, injured 31, destroyed nearly 100,000 hectares of land, and displaced about 3,500 residents. 火灾于3月22日在Uiseong县开始, 一名男子焚毁一个家庭墓地的树苗, 另一人纵火焚烧果园废物。 The fires began on March 22 in Uiseong County when one man burned a sapling at a family grave and another set fire to orchard waste. 强风和干燥条件导致四个县迅速蔓延。 Strong winds and dry conditions caused rapid spread across four counties. Daegu地区法院的Uiseong分院判处了缓期执行的徒刑,Shin判处两年,Jeong判处两年,55年和2.5年,63指出,被告无法预测极端天气,而且证据没有将其行为与死亡事件明确联系起来。 The Uiseong branch of the Daegu District Court handed down suspended sentences—two years for Shin, 55, and 2.5 years for Jeong, 63—citing that the defendants could not have predicted the extreme weather and that evidence did not clearly link their actions to the fatalities. 火势在点火149小时后被控制。 The fires were contained 149 hours after ignition.