<Anchor> It's
a season to be careful of wildfires as the days get dry.
Yesterday (23rd), a fire broke out in six hours at a temple in Sangju, Gyeongbuk.
The fire spread to nearby hills and almost turned into a large wildfire.
This is reporter Seo Dong-gyun on the news of the overnight incident and accident.
<Reporter>
Red flames soar with black smoke.
About 6 o'clock yesterday evening, a fire broke out in Junggungam, a hermitage in Namjangsa Temple in Sangju, Gyeongbuk.
The fire also spread to the mountain, but the firefighters successfully extinguished it in six hours.
There was no human injury, but there are Tenghuas designated as treasures in Namjangsa Temple, so the temple is grasping the exact extent of the damage.
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A vehicle emits flames on the highway.
At about 7 o'clock yesterday evening, a vehicle in a collision accident caught fire on the Jungbu Inland Expressway in Goesan, Chungbuk.
Three vehicles collided, but fortunately, there was no human injury.
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11:30 last night, an SUV and a camping car collided near the North Danyang Interchange on the Chungbuk Jungang Expressway.
The motorhome passenger was injured in this accident.
The police are grasping the exact details of the accident as the driver of an SUV car dropped a cigarette butt into the car and could not look properly ahead.
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Paramedics rescue the driver in a damaged vehicle.
At around 5:30 pm yesterday, three cars collided on the Busan East-West Overpass.
In this accident, one van driver was seriously injured and taken to the hospital.