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Three firefighters who went missing while extinguishing a fire in a frozen warehouse in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do unfortunately lost their lives. It appears to have been isolated in the process of a rapid re-spread of the fire.
Correspondent Choi Seong-gil.
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Black smoke is engulfed in the wind and engulfs the entire building.
A fire broke out in a frozen warehouse in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, at around 11:40 pm on the 5th.
The fire department issued the first stage of response and began to extinguish the fire all night long, and the first stage of response was lifted as the fire was extinguished at around 7 am this morning.
However, around 9:20 a.m., the fire suddenly began to soar again, and the second level of response was issued.
[Witness: When I saw it in the morning, there was smoke there, so it wasn't so bad at first, but there was a lot of smoke during that time... .]
In the process, five firefighters who entered the building lost contact.
Two of them escaped on their own, but the other three were found only around 1 pm and taken to the hospital, but eventually died.
Firefighters are aware that firefighters are isolated in the process of rapid re-spreading of the fire.
[Byung-man Koh / Director of Disaster Prevention Division, Songtan Fire Station, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi-do: All three people found later were found to be in cardiac arrest. It is isolated during the suppression.]
It is known that a large amount of welding equipment and insulating materials such as oxygen cylinders and LPG were stored inside the building.
As soon as the fire is extinguished, the police and fire department will conduct a safety examination of the building and conduct a joint investigation to investigate the exact cause of the fire.
In addition, the Gyeonggi Nambu Police Agency plans to set up an investigation team to investigate whether safety management was properly implemented at the time of the fire.