A house fire in Goseong, Gangwon-do turns into a forest fire… Evolution in 2 hours (complete)

Estimated loss of 5,000㎡ of forest and evacuation of 10 residents from City Hall

(Gangwon Goseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Young-seo Kang Tae-hyeon = At ​​20:11 on the 17th, a house fire in Goseong-ri, Jukwang Guseong-ri, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, spread over a nearby hill and was extinguished in two hours.

Forestry authorities, together with fire authorities, have tasked 321 firefighters and civil servants, and 39 units of equipment such as firefighting vehicles to finish extinguishing the main fire at 23:05 and are clearing the remaining fire .

The fire evacuated 10 villagers to the town hall.

The damaged forest area is estimated at 0.5 ha (5,000 m2).

The fire is believed to have started in the chimney of the house.

The fire brigade issued the first phase of response, in which the entire fire brigade personnel assigned were mobilized to put out the fire, as the access road to the fire site was narrow and the fire spread it is propagated to the mountain due to strong wind at 9:16am

The forest fire was put out, but the house fire is still going out because it is a frame house.

The forest authorities intend to investigate the exact cause of the fire and the extent of the damage as soon as the fire is completely extinguished.

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2022/12/17 23:34 Posted