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evening of the 12th, a power outage occurred in a new apartment complex in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Electricity and water were cut off, and residents were trapped in elevators.

This is reporter Bae Jeong-hoon, news of incidents and accidents overnight.

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It is a new apartment complex with a scale of 1,000 households in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.

From about 8:40 yesterday evening, the electricity supply to the entire apartment complex was cut off, and it was completely restored in about two hours.

[Apartment officials: We are trying to determine the cause, but we are now checking whether it is a problem with the KEPCO side, or the problem of the equipment itself

. , Water supply stopped along with power outages.

[Apartment residents: The emergency power system did not work. It was too hot (it came out)] At the

same time, electricity was cut off in an apartment in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and 400 households of residents had to experience inconvenience in the heat.

KEPCO believes the power outage is due to equipment problems in the apartment premises.

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Fires followed.

At 8:20 yesterday evening, a fire broke out in a car wash building in Sinpyeong-dong, Saha-gu, Busan.

Fortunately, there was no human injury due to no people in the building, but the fire department incurred an estimated 3.5 million won in property damage.

The fire department is investigating the exact cause of the fire based on statements from witnesses who first discovered the flame.

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same time, a fire broke out at the 3rd floor academy in a building in Daejeon, and 200 people, including school students, were evacuated.

The fire started near the sink in the science lab in the institute, and the police and fire departments are planning to conduct an investigation based on the evaluation of noodle trees.