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A big fire broke out today (25th) in an electronics warehouse in Cheongju, Chungbuk. Firefighters struggled because they burned well and released toxic gases. The highway was quite blocked because I pulled up on my shoulder to watch the fire.

I'm Ahn Hee-jae.

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The flames are fiercely rising, and gray smoke is constantly thrown through the windows.

Dark cloud pillars devour the entire plant.

[Fire Fire! Oh, scared, scared!]

At 1:30 today, an unknown fire broke out in an electronics warehouse in Nam-myeon, Cheongju, Chungbuk.

As the fire grew, the fire authorities issued a second phase of response and mobilized helicopters to carry out the firefighting work, but there were a lot of plastic products and the wind blew hard.

[Kim Ji-won / Head of Prevention and Safety Team, Western Fire Station: Cheongju has a lot of home appliances stored in the building. (We look forward to fighting fires with related agencies.)]

Luckily the building was empty and there were no casualties, but two firefighters were burned and treated on site.

The fire damaged approximately 3,000 square meters of three warehouses and caused severe congestion on nearby highways.

[Won Jung-min / witness: I've set up to see cars on my shoulder. There was no control at all.]

After three hours of fire, the fire authorities will investigate the cause of the fire as soon as the fire is cleared.

(Video coverage: Lee Chun-Bi CJB, Video editing: Park Ki-deok, screen provided by Won Jung-min, Kim Kyu-eun, Park Ji-ya, Lee Yeon-oh, Yang Hwan-hee)