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Yesterday (23rd) evening, there was a big fire at a famous restaurant in Euljiro, Seoul. I was worried because it was a fire that occurred during a busy time, but fortunately, the fire was extinguished in six and a half hours without any major casualties.



Reporter Ahn Hee-jae summarized the incident and accident news overnight.



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Black smoke is constantly rising over the red flames.



At around 7:50 pm yesterday evening, a big fire broke out at a famous restaurant in Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul.



[Yoon Seung-yeon / Witness: I opened the ceiling, but the inside was full of fire. When everyone came out saying they had to evacuate, suddenly there was a power outage, and there were two or three explosions… .] The



fire engulfed the entire two-story restaurant and spread to the building next door.



About 40 people, including restaurant customers, were evacuated from the fire, and two people, including a 50-year-old Mr. A, were injured and treated.



The fire department once issued the first stage of response and put out 260 personnel and 60 equipment to put out the fire within six and a half hours after receiving the report.



[Lee Jae-hong / Head of Disaster Management Division, Central Fire Station, Seoul: Because the structure is a sandwich panel, fire-fighting water and fire-fighting water do not penetrate well. Cleaning up debris while removing the sandwich panel... .] The



fire department is investigating the cause and circumstances of the fire along with the exact extent of damage.



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Prior to this, at around 4:50 pm yesterday, a fire broke out at a barn in Sari-myeon, Goesan-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, and about 450 pigs died.



The fire burned down one pig house and was extinguished in about 30 minutes.



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front part of the truck has been dented to the extent that the shape is unrecognizable.



At around 6:50 pm yesterday evening, near the Iin Rest Area on the Nonsan Expressway in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, a truck driven by Mr. B, 64, collided with a truck that was going ahead.



B was seriously injured in the accident and taken to the hospital, but eventually died.



Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.