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House fire in Sacheon-ri, Yangyang, Gangwon-do… Spreads to nearby mountains
Firefighting authorities issue’step 2 of response’ as the scale of fire grows
All efforts to prevent the spread of fire in residential areas
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A large-scale forest fire warning was issued on the east coast, and last night a fire broke out in a house in Yangyang, Gangwon-do and spread to nearby mountains.
The fire department issued the second stage of response and started to extinguish the fire, but sometimes strong winds are blowing and even a dry alarm has been issued, so there is concern about the spread of fire.
Connect with reporters. Reporter Kim Do-won!
I am concerned that it is expanding to a large forest fire. What is the current situation?
[기자]
Yes, it seems that the fire department and other relevant authorities are extinguishing the fire, preventing the wildfire from getting bigger, but the flames are still going on.
The fire report was received at around 10:15 last night.
A fire started in a house in Sacheon-ri, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do.
The flames took on strong winds and spread to nearby mountains.
The fire department issued a second phase of response last night at around 11:20 pm at the local government level.
Firefighting authorities and local governments are putting more than 200 units of equipment and 210 manpower into efforts to extinguish the fire.
It explains that the flames span 500 meters, and about half of them are extinguishing.
In particular, fire engines have been deployed and defensive lines have been established to prevent fires from spreading to residential areas and gas stations.
Let’s hear from local residents what happened when the fire just started to spread.
[함창희 / 강원 양양군 주민 : 지금 산 쪽에 펜션 같은 건물이 되게 많이 지어져 있거든요. 산 바로 앞쪽에. 그런데 거기가 타기 시작하면 집도 불이 붙어서 다 탈 건데, 지금 경찰도 나와서 주민들 대피시키고 있고 그런 상황인데 걱정되네요.]
Until now, no other housing or personal injury other than the first ignition point has been received.
Yangyang-gun sent text messages to nearby residents to evacuate, and so far, 84 people from 40 households have evacuated to the village hall.
Currently, there is a dry warning in the Yeongdong region, and a gust of 8 meters per second is blowing at an instant, so there is concern about the spread of fire.
This is Dowon Kim, YTN from the Ministry of Social Affairs.
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