The National Fire Agency has ordered a nationwide mobilization of firefighting personnel and equipment to contain a wildfire in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.

The agency issued the order at 11:33 a.m. Sunday, prompting the deployment of 119 special response units from five regions, including Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan, Gangwon Province and South Chungcheong Province.

It also dispatched firefighter recovery vehicles from Ulsan, Daegu and Busan to the site of the blaze, which began Saturday.

The Korea Forest Service activated a Level One wildfire response posture around 5:30 a.m. Sunday as the fire remained uncontained.

Authorities said the wildfire was 23 percent contained as of noon and had burned through 42 hectares of land.