[Pick] “Firefighter is a dream”… Elementary school students extinguished with a restaurant fire hall

An elementary school student who witnessed a fire alone prevented a great deal of damage by calmly responding.

The Fire Department announced today (15th) that 13-year-old Jeong Si-yul initially extinguished a fire that occurred at a restaurant in Gimje-si, Jeollabuk-do around 3 pm on the 6th.

The fire started near a refrigerator outlet on the first floor of a restaurant run by Jeong’s parents. Jung went inside to use the restroom of the restaurant due to urgent need for toilets at the time, and saw fire and smoke rising from the outlet side.

There was nobody in the restaurant because it was before the start of business, but Jung quickly brought the fire extinguisher provided in the restaurant, extinguished the fire, and called 911. When the sirens were heard outside, they came out of the restaurant and waved their hands at the fire engine to announce the location.

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When the firefighters arrived at the scene, the lights were already turned off. Some of the walls of the restaurant were burnt and did not spread around, such as houses on the second floor, so no damage occurred.

Jeong explained, “At first, the fire was scary, but I knew exactly the location of the fire extinguisher in the store, and I turned off the fire by thinking of how to use the fire extinguisher I had learned so far.”

It is reported that Jung-gun, who is a firefighter who hopes in the future, has actively participated in fire prevention training held at the school, and visited the 119 Safety Experience Center in Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk with her parents every year to receive fire safety training.

An official from the Fire Department said, “Thanks to the government’s quick and calm response, we were able to prevent large-scale fires. We will try to create a safe environment from disasters by further activating experiential fire safety education by age, class, and target.” It.

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(Photo = Provided by the Fire Department/Yonhap News)