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Yesterday (1st) in the evening of Goseong, Gangwon-do, which had a big fire in April last year. The typhoon-class strong wind spreads the fire rapidly. The highest level of response to firefighting, 'the third stage of response', was issued and about 2,200 residents were evacuated.

First, it is a report from Jang Hoon-kyung.

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back mountain of the private house was covered in flames.

The firefighters are working on extinguishing fire with all their might, but it is not enough.

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fire broke out from a house in Dowon-ri, Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, around 8 pm yesterday.

It seems to have started in the boiler room of the house, and it spread rapidly in a typhoon-class strong wind over 15 meters per second.

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17 minutes fire authorities all people about forest fire four hours 0:00 We have issued the “3rd Stage of Response”, the highest level of response to the sea level.

A total of 2,200 people including Dowon-ri, Hakya-ri, and Unbong-ri, including 330 households and 22nd Division of the Army were evacuated, but fortunately, there have been no casualties.

Shelters include Goseong Tianjincho, Ayajincho, Goseong General Gymnasium, Sokcho Indoor Gymnasium Tianjin 2-ri Village Hall, Kyungdong University, etc.

The headquarters of the 22nd Division is about 2km away from the fire, but as a precautionary measure, the evacuation of the soldiers to a safe place is followed by the cadres and fire departments defending the ammunition.

The forestry authorities are putting their full effort into night-time evolution by putting in 1,300 people and about 900 equipment.

Authorities are planning to catch 30 big fires during the morning by putting 30 fire-fighting helicopters at the same time as the sunrise.

Prior to April 4, last year, four days since April 4, Daesan Fire in five cities and towns, Goseong and Sokcho, resulted in damages of more than 15 billion victims and victims of KRW 129.5 billion.