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The forest fire that started in Gangneung and spread to Donghae City was extinguished 90 hours after the fire broke out.

Now all that's left is to clean up the residuals.

After Uljin and Samcheok, the government declared Gangneung and the East Sea as special disaster zones.



This news is from reporter Jo Jae-geun.



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houses that had been put together were turned to ashes without a shape.



Seven houses burned down within a 50-meter radius.



When he returned to his hometown, the pension building he operated with his brother and son disappeared without a trace overnight.



[Kang Hee-deok / Wildfire victims: It is very difficult to live in the future, now.

There is no countermeasure, and I don't know what to do.]



The hill town overlooking the East Sea, the representative tourist destination of Donghae City, did not escape the fire either.



There were a lot of old and old buildings, so the damage was even greater.



In Mukhojin-dong, Donghae-si alone, more than 20 houses were damaged in this wildfire.



In the East Sea and Gangneung, 193 houses and 196 buildings were damaged in the fire, and it was tentatively estimated that 4,000 hectares of forest were damaged.



The government has declared Donghae and Gangneung as special disaster zones.



It is the fourth large-scale forest fire to be declared following the East Coast wildfires in 2000, Yangyang in 2005, and Sokcho wildfires in 2019.



For private facilities such as houses, 70% of the restoration cost can be subsidized by the government, and 50% for public facilities.



In addition, living stabilization subsidies are provided to the affected residents to provide livelihood relief, and public charges may be reduced or exempted.



However, it is only dark before the eyes of the residents who have completely lost their livelihoods, whether they will be able to return to their daily lives as they did in the past.



[Shin Won-jun / Wildfire victim: Everything is difficult from one to ten.

At the end of the best, it completely sank down and became ashes, so there is nothing I can do about it.]