In order to extinguish forest fires in Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, the fire department issued the “3rd Response Level”, the highest level of response.
The firefighting authorities issued the first phase of response at about 8:30 in the evening yesterday (1st), the second phase after an hour, and then the third phase of response at 0:17 today. He said that 630 people were mobilized urgently.
Fire Commissioner Chung Moon-ho departed to Goseong at about 11 o'clock last night to direct the situation.
The fire from a house in Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, moved around 8:30 yesterday evening to the nearby mountains in a strong wind, spreading rapidly.
More than 730 residents and 900 soldiers of the 22nd Division were evacuated and three private homes were damaged.
No human damage has been confirmed to date.
Goseong-gun and the forest and firefighting authorities are struggling to evolve due to dry weather and strong winds.
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Goseong Wildfire 'Response Phase 3' issued… "National firefighting power dispatch"
2020-05-01T17:29:49.324Z
In order to extinguish forest fires in Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, the fire department issued the “3rd Response Level”, the highest level of response. The fire department issued the first phase of response at about 8:30 yesterday, the second phase an hour later, followed by the third phase of response at 0:17 today, and over 230 fire trucks and 630 people in other cities and provinces across the country. He said he was urgently mobilizing.
Source: sbskr