▲ High school students who extinguished a fire in a shopping mall in the middle of the night, from left to right are Seongnam High School sophomores including Lee Jae-hee, Jeon Min-jae, Park Seung-ju, and Seo Ki-su.


When a fire broke out in the middle of the night, high school students passing by brought a fire extinguisher from a nearby building and quickly put out the fire to prevent a large fire.



According to the Seongnam Fire Department on the 15th, a fire broke out on the first floor of a 6-story commercial building in Daesangwon-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do at 11:58 pm on the 13th.



Five sophomores from Seongnam High School, who were passing by just to go home, saw the fire and feared that it would spread to other buildings and cause great damage.



The building that brought the fire extinguisher was a building with a dojo where one of them, a former 18-year-old soldier, practiced aikido.



It is said that he was well aware of the location of the fire extinguisher while going to and from Aikido.



At the same time, a fire was reported to the Seongnam Fire Department one after another, and as the flames soared high, the patrolling police also rushed to extinguish the fire.



With the efforts of students and the police, the fire was initially extinguished in about 8 minutes, and firefighters arrived at the scene within 6 minutes of receiving the report, directing the initial firefighting, and completely extinguishing the fire in 14 minutes.




The students left the scene after putting out the fire, and the firefighters only learned about the activities of the 'young heroes' later.



The fire is presumed to be a short circuit due to dust in the vent, but the exact cause of the accident is under investigation.



A fire department official today said, "The exterior of the building was made of flammable wood, so it could quickly spread to a large fire. The building was blackened to the 6th floor in the fire, but it was well extinguished at the beginning to reduce damage. High school students could be dangerous, but it's great "He said.



A former military man who put out the fire himself with a fire extinguisher said, "It's too natural, I don't think it's a big deal."



He has a history of winning national championships with 3rd Dan Aikido, and said that he plans to enter the Department of Physical Education in the future.



“I reported to the fire department, but before that, I decided to put out the fire with my friends because the fire was going to spread,” said Lee, who dreams of becoming a firefighter.




Park Mo, who helped the investigation by explaining the situation to the police who arrived at the scene of the fire, said, "I was on the road, and a fire spread from the right wall of the building to the left. I learned how to operate a fire extinguisher. It wasn't scary."



Park said that in the future, he will become a nurse who helps and treats others.



Resident A, who reported this good deed, said, "There are a lot of bad and difficult news from teenagers these days, but by spreading the good news, I thought that the harsh world was still livable, and I hoped that there would be more healthy teenagers. They are wonderful children and I am glad that no one was injured." said.