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Yesterday (1st) Evening, the wildfire that started in the Goseong area was caught in 12 hours. However, work on the evolution of fines still continues.

This is the first news reporter, Deokhyun Kim. 

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wildfire that spread in the strong wind died out at around 8 o'clock this morning.

It's been 12 hours since last night at 8:00, a fire from a house in Dowon-ri, Toseong-myeon, Goseong-gun, Gangwon-do, moved to a nearby mountain.

The flames once spread by a strong wind of over 15m per second.

It is estimated that six buildings in the surrounding area were burned down, and about 85 km of forest was lost.

It has been found that there has been no human injury.

When the fire broke out, more than 2,200 people, including residents of Dowon-ri, Hak-ya-ri, and Unbong-ri, and soldiers of the 22nd Division of the Army, were evacuated to 6 places including Ayajin Elementary School.

With this fire, last year, following the transfer of patients from Goseong and Corona19, a nationwide fire mobilization order was implemented for the third time.

Luckily, the wind wasn't blowing out all night, preventing the fire from spreading rapidly.

The forest authorities are in the process of exposing 39 fire-fighting helicopters and 5,100 fire-fighting personnel to the fire scene in sequence with the sunrise at about 5:30 am today.

The firefighting helicopters deployed today are convened from all over the country, including forest authorities, military units and firefighting, and are operated in five groups.

In particular, the winds are expected to be strong this afternoon, so the forest authorities plan to finish all the balances in the morning.