Input 2021.02.21 10:17
The fire occurred around 3:50 pm on the 20th. The forest authorities immediately put in 11 helicopters, including 3 super-large helicopters, 212 people including air extinguishers, special extinguishers, public officials, firefighters, and police, and 16 equipments such as fire fighting vehicles.
However, the fire site was a steep slope where it was difficult to input manpower, and a strong wind of 6.2m per second had difficulty in extinguishing it. As the sun went down, the forest authorities withdrew the extinguishing helicopter, made a diffusion barrier with ground personnel and equipment, switched to a night extinguishing system, and then put in a large number of helicopters at sunrise to catch the main fire.
The fire burned 12㏊ (120,000 square meters) of national forests, but it is said that there was no human injury. The forest authority believes that the fire has started in the farmland near the private house and plans to investigate the exact cause of the fire and the area of damage along with local governments and fire fighting.