Hundreds flee wildfire in coastal city in South Korea

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Gangneung (You Hyung-jae/Yonhap via AP)

Hundreds of South Koreans have been forced to flee a wildfire fuelled by strong winds that burned parts of an eastern coastal city, destroying dozens of homes.

More than 2,300 firefighters and 300 vehicles were sent to fight the blaze that started on a mountain in a central part of Gangneung.