On the evening of the 5th, a fire broke out at a temple in Naejangsan, Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do. The police are holding and investigating a monk who set fire to the temple at the scene.
This is JTV Joo Hye-in.
The Daeungjeon Hall of Naejangsa Temple in Jeongeup was engulfed in a bright red flame.
The firefighters try to sprinkle water, but the fire seldom shows signs of fading.
[대우/내장사 승려 : 매캐한 냄새가 나서 이상하게 생각하고 나가니까 연기가 나고 불이 비춰져요. (스님들이) 전부 달려들어서 소화전 있지 않습니까. 있는 것을 다 동원했어요.]
At around 6:30 yesterday evening, a report was filed by the police that he set a fire at the Daeungjeon Hall of Naejangsa Temple.
The fire department ignited a great flame in less than an hour after the first step of the response was initiated by all fire department personnel in charge.
Naejangsan, which was designated as a national park, was right next to Daeungjeon where the fire was lit, but fortunately, it did not spread by a large fire.
The fire went out in two and a half hours after burning the entire temple.
Fortunately, cultural assets such as the Joseon Dynasty, which are tangible cultural properties of Jeollabuk-do, in the temple were not damaged.
The police arrest and investigate the 53-year-old monk A, an arsonist, at the scene.
Mr. A, who had been practicing at Naejangsa Temple for three months ago, was found to have admitted to the crime, saying that he set fire because he had a feeling of sadness in the temple during a police investigation.
[내장사 관계자 : 자기가 휘발유를 뿌렸다고 인정하더라고요. ‘너 왜 그랬어’ 그랬더니 자기가 했다 그래….]
Naejangsa Daewoongjeon, Jeollabuk-do Monument No. 63, was completely burned down due to an electric short circuit in October 2012, and was rebuilt in August 2015, three years later.
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