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A large forest fire that started in Uljin, Gyeongbuk has continued for three days.

The Korea Forest Service started firefighting work in earnest today (6th) at the same time as sunrise.



First news, this is reporter Kim Hye-min.



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On the third day of the fire, the fire department is continuing the firefighting operation by putting in 51 helicopters and 5,400 personnel.



The wildfires around Uljin-eup, Uljin-gun, have extinguished the flames to some extent, but the 1.5-2km fireship in the direction of Goseong-ri on the outskirts of Uljin-eup is still alive, making it a dangerous situation.



[Choi Byeong-am/Director of the Korea Forest Service: The first place to evolve is the Goseong-ri area of ​​Uljin-eup (Gyeongsangbuk-do)



. There is a Geumgangsong colony in the direction, and a forest fire has spread to nearby 500m.



Currently, the area affected by the forest fire is 12,317 hectares, and 667 Uljin-gun residents are evacuating in 16 places including the town hall.



[Choi Byung-am/Director of the Korea Forest Service: The nuclear power plant and the Korea Gas Corporation Samcheok base, which were dangerous at the beginning, were judged to be safe, so all the firefighting personnel were put in to the main fire line toward this Hwadu, leaving only the monitoring personnel.] The Korea



Forest Service is to extinguish all fires within today It is difficult to extinguish, but he said he would do his best to put out a big fire.



Fortunately, as of 10 am today, the Korea Meteorological Administration lifted the strong wind advisory issued for Samcheok, Donghae, and Goseong.



[Byeongam Choi / Director of the Korea Forest Service: So today, we are going to conduct a more aggressive fire fighting operation, and the range of fire lines is very wide right now.]



Roads and trains that were controlled due to the influence of the forest fire are resuming traffic one after another.



The two-way section between Okgye IC and Donghae IC starts traffic at 10:30 am, and National Road No. 7 and the coastal road repeat traffic and resume yesterday, but today traffic continues without control.



KORAIL is also discussing resuming train service from 1pm.



The Korea Forest Service urged the public to actively monitor and pay attention, saying that large wildfires are occurring simultaneously across the country.