<Anchor> In the



morning of today (28th), a fire broke out in an apartment house in Incheon. One person died, and hundreds of sleeping residents were evacuated.



This is Park Chan-beom reporter.



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Burning flames soar inside the apartment house.



Hwama swallowed up the next door in no time.



Around 3:30 in the morning, a fire broke out in an apartment in Yeonsu-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon.



The fire started on the top floor, the 15th floor.



[Lee Myung-ho/Witness: There was a very loud'pop' sound. So I thought it was thundering and lightning, but people screamed. Since I came out and was across the street, the fire was burning... .]



It was confirmed that there was a big explosion just before the flame spread.



Hundreds of residents heard the sound of an explosion, and there was even a fuss about evacuating, and even the windows of a car parked in the apartment complex were broken.



At the time of the accident, the explosion was so big that fragments of glass windows flew to the east across the apartment complex, and this area was a mess with debris.



The fire department said it had found a body inside the apartment where the fire started.



The lights went out in an hour.



Police and fire departments are investigating the exact cause of the fire and the magnitude of the damage.