[전국]Yangyang, Gangwon-do, extinguished after 5 hours…

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Last night, a forest fire in Yangyang, Gangwon-do was extinguished in about 5 hours.

It was at night, and amid dry alarms, the winds also blown hard, making it difficult to extinguish.

Connect with reporters. Reporter Song Se-hyuk!

There was a lot of concern that it would spread to a large forest fire. Fortunately, it evolved?

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Yes, all the big flames were caught overnight, and the remaining lights are being cleaned up now.

The wind is also showing a lull.

Forest officials said the fire had been extinguished at around 4:15 a.m. today, five hours after the fire broke out.

After a while, six extinguishing helicopters will be put in at around 7:30 a.m., and it is expected that the remaining lights will be cleared up.

The fire report was received at around 10:30 last night.

A fire from a warehouse in Sacheon-ri, Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, was blown by strong winds and spread to nearby mountains.

The forest authorities have put in more than a thousand people and 60 units of equipment to extinguish overnight.

In particular, efforts were made to deploy fire trucks and build defensive lines to prevent fire spreading into residential areas.

Until now, 2 houses and 2 warehouses have been burned, but no casualties have been received.

The forest was tentatively counted as having burnt 6.5ha.

Around 80 residents of 40 households near the forest fire site once evacuated to village halls, etc., and now they are all returning home.

Currently, there is a drying warning in the Yeongdong region, and a gust of wind is blowing about 10 meters per second.

Forest officials have decided to prepare for the possibility that the embers will revive even after the cleanup is over.

YTN Song Se-hyuk at the Yangyang wildfire site so far[[email protected]]is.

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