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Next, let's connect the East Sea of ​​Gangwon.

It is said that the fire is spreading again toward the private house overnight.

I will connect you with G1 Broadcasting reporter Jung Chang-young.



Reporter Jung, looking at it now, it looks like white ashes are flying.

It looks like there's white ashes on the clothes too, but is it spreading back to the private houses?



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I am now in Bicheon-dong under Baekbongryeong, where the wildfire is spreading.



Right now, there is a pungent smell in this place that makes it impossible to breathe without a mask.



As the day dawned, a fire-fighting helicopter flew above me, and the fire department began to put out the wildfire in earnest.



Since late at night, an urgent situation has arisen.



Yesterday (6th) at 11:52 pm, the Baekbokryeong forest fire in Donghae City headed south, and the residents of Sinheung Village were evacuated.



The fire department, which entered the night-fighting system, built a stop line to stop the fire coming down to the private house and made every effort to defend it.



In the province, about 3,800 firefighters, including the military, police, and volunteer fire brigade, had to wait in preparation for the unexpected spread of the wildfire at night.



Firefighting work took place at night, but it could not slow the spread of the wildfire.



The evolution rate remained at 50% each in Donghae, Gangneung, Okgye, and Yeongwol, and 40% in Samcheok.



The scale of damage from the wildfire that continues for four days is also gradually increasing.



In the case of the East Sea area, where fires entered the city center, 97 houses and facilities were burned, causing great damage.



In Gangneung, Samcheok, and Yeongwol, as damage from forest fires increased, more than 100 houses and other facilities were burned.



The forest loss in the East Sea alone is 2,100ha, which is seven times the area of ​​Yeouido, causing serious forest damage.



According to the fire department and forestry authorities, the area of ​​forest damage in the province is 4,800 ha.



We must finish the main fire extinguishing before the damage increases. Fortunately, the wind is less than yesterday, so we are looking forward to seeing if we can finish the main fire extinguishing today.



From now on, the Fire Department and the Korea Forest Service have started full-fledged firefighting by deploying 50 helicopters to Samcheok, Yeongwol, and the East Sea of ​​Gangneung.