Firefighters began to evolve at a new construction site in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do.

A fire broke out on the 4th floor of Lotte Mall construction site in Sungbok-dong, Sui-ku, Yongin-si, about 4:30 pm on March 27.

The damage caused by the fire is not yet known.

The fire department issued a 2-step countermeasure within 9 minutes of the fire report, and it has evolved by using more than 50 equipments such as pump cars and 140 people.

Response Phase 2 is a light-duty operation to mobilize manpower and equipment from adjacent 5 or 6 fire stations.

In the middle of the downtown area where the apartment complex ran, more than 60 cases of 119 complaints were heard.

Yongin City sent a letter of safety warning about 4:50 pm to the citizens and warned citizens to be careful about the damage caused by the smoke.

An official of the fire department said, "It is estimated that the welding process is fired, but the exact cause has not been identified yet."

The police and the fire department will investigate the exact cause of the fire as soon as it catches the fire.

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