The forest authorities are working to extinguish the fire yesterday (20th) as the fire in a hill in Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do, did not go out. There is no human injury, but the wind is strong and the air is dry, making it difficult to evolve.
This is reporter Jo Yoon-ha.
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From a dark mountain, red flames rise with hazy smoke.
At around 3:50 pm yesterday, a fire broke out at Nochusan, Yeoryang-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do, and it has not been turned off for 14 hours.
The forest authorities are working on firefighting by employing 11 helicopters, 28 firefighting vehicles, special firefighting teams and firefighters.
However, due to the steep slope of the fire site, it is virtually impossible to input manpower, and the wind blows at a speed of 5m, making it difficult to extinguish the fire.
In particular, strong wind warnings have been in effect in Jeongseon, Gangwon, where there was a fire.
As of 4:30 in the morning, the extinguishing rate was 70%, and the flame that reached 700m until last night has decreased to about 400m.
The Forest Service explained that 12㏊ of national forests were burned with this fire.
There are 7 households and 16 residents living under the fired mountain, and fortunately, the flames are moving to the top of the village on the other side of the village, so there is no known human injury.
As the fire is spreading to the other side of the private house, there is no direct damage to the villagers.
[산림청 담당 직원 : 불이 위로, 산으로 올라갔거든요. 그래서 진행이 산 정상부 쪽으로 되다 보니깐, 바람도 그렇고. 민가 주변에는 현재는 불이 없는 상태예요.]
The forest authorities are planning to catch a big fire with 14 forest helicopters at around 7:10 am, about an hour later.