<Anchor>
This time, I will connect with a reporter who is out of the forest fire site in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do to hear the details.
Reporter Jung Joon-ho, the day is completely dark, but how much has the fire evolved?
<Reporter>
I am at the forest fire site in Andong, Gyeongbuk.
As you can see, fire continues to burn along the mountain ridge, and fire engines are standing by and preventing the spread to private homes.
The Korea Forest Service and the fire department currently estimate the extinguishing rate to be around 30%, but it is difficult to make a great deal of significance because we do not know when the fire will spread again.
Authorities estimate that about 200 hectares of forest have been lost to date, and the focus is on not causing human damage during nighttime situations.
By deploying fire trucks near the village, we are focusing on removing residual fire while preventing the spread of fire.
In the morning, the wind blows strongly, and it struggles to evolve, but fortunately, the wind has stopped from the evening.
The fire department plans to put in 25 helicopters to extinguish the fire as soon as the day dawns.
<Anchor>
Fortunately, there seems to be no human damage yet. Have all the residents now evacuated to a safe place?
<Reporter>
Residents were forced to sleep all day long by the news of a sudden forest fire.
The flame spread so quickly that I had to avoid myself in embarrassment.
Let's listen to the stories of the villagers.
[Son Jeong-ho/Resident of Jungpyeong-ri, Andong, Gyeongbuk: The strong winds during the day were so strong that you couldn't see 50m ahead.
It has stopped a lot now.
In about 20 to 30 seconds, the fire went over one kilometer, and the fire burned again from there.] About
350 residents of Jungpyeong-ri village escaped from the fire, away from relatives and acquaintances, and village halls.
About 100 residents of the nearby Sawol-ri village also evacuated to the nearby campsite for about two hours as the fire spread.
Route 34, which was controlled, is now accessible, but access to the villages of Jungpyeong-ri and Sawol-ri, where there is a risk of fire, are still restricted.