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Yesterday (30th) in the evening, a fire broke out at Hapjeong Mecenatpolis, a large residential complex near Hongdae, Seoul. The fire started in one restaurant, but two people were injured and more than 800 people had to evacuate.

I'm Kim Hyung-rae, a news reporter about an accident during the night.

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red flame pours from the ceiling of the mall building.

About 7:10 yesterday evening, a fire broke out at the Mecenatpolis shopping complex, a commercial complex in Seogyo-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul.

The fire originated in a restaurant overlooked behind me, which is presumed to have occurred during cooking.

[Gang Gil-gu/Mapo Fire Department Chief of Fire Administration: At the top of the gas cooker (with food on it), I saw a customer while cooking, and there was a story about an official who said that there

was a fire .] A female employee in her 60s working in the kitchen Two people were injured, including a second degree burn on the back of the hand.

In addition, some of the nearby restaurants were burned, resulting in property damage of over 100 million won estimated by the fire department, and more than 800 people, including apartments and officetel residents, were evacuated.

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fire broke out at a plating plant in Saha-gu, Busan, around 8:00 yesterday evening.

Although none of the employees had been injured after leaving the company, the plating equipment and others were burned, causing an estimated 14 million won property damage.

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At about half past five in the afternoon yesterday, a man in his 40s who was fishing with acquaintances at Wankyung-gun, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, fell into the water and died.

Police are investigating the exact cause of the accident by seeing the man drunk into the river and being swept away by the water.