<Anchor> On the
evening of the 15th, an old hot water pipe buried in the ground in Mok-dong, Seoul, broke out.
Hot water supply to more than 800 nearby apartments has been shut down, and restoration work is still ongoing.
This is reporter Han So-hee, news of incidents and accidents overnight.
<Reporter>
White water vapor is constantly spewing out, and hot water is rising on the road.
At about 8:50 yesterday evening, a hot water pipe opened near Omok Park in Mok-dong, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.
[Witness: I was exercising, but because of the smoke coming out of the sewer, the water flowed back little by little.] The
hot water pipe with the problem was found to be an old pipe installed in 96 years.
[Seoul Energy Corporation official: I think it is because I am old.
I planned to repair it this year...
.]
Hot water and heating supply to about 840 households, including nearby apartments, were cut off due to the hot water pipe restoration work.
Recovery work continues until this morning.
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Black smoke comes out through the apartment windows.
About 8:10 yesterday evening, a fire broke out on the 15th floor of an apartment in Sinnae-dong, Jungnang-gu, Seoul.
The light went out in about 30 minutes, but a woman in her 50s in the apartment was injured.
In addition, five neighbors were evacuated.
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Before that, at 7:30pm yesterday, a fire broke out in a household goods warehouse in Yongjin-eup, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do.
Fire burned a prefabricated building and heavy equipment such as forklifts and household goods in it, inflicting an estimated 840 million won in property damage to the fire department.