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A forest fire in Yanggu, Gangwon-do has not been extinguished for three days.
The work is being delayed due to strong winds and smoke, but the goal is to evolve before the sun rises today (12th).
Reporter Park Chan-geun on the sidewalk.
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fire extinguishing rate in Yanggu has been maintained at 75% as of 00:00 this morning.
The forestry authorities are doing their best to catch the main fire, such as employing nearly 800 people even at night.
A fire line has been built to prevent the fire from spreading to the private house.
My current goal is to catch the main fire before the sun rises.
The original goal was to extinguish the flames before the sun went down yesterday, but due to thick smoke and fog, the timing of the helicopter's arrival was delayed, making it difficult to work.
The wind blew strongly here, and the evolution continued for the second day.
The fire started the afternoon in Songcheong-ri, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do.
In dry weather and winds of over 10 m/s, the fire spread in an instant, and the forestry authorities issued a three-step response to the forest fire.
[U-Nam Hwang / Resident of Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do: What would you like to sleep in, in this situation…
The men of the villagers here couldn't sleep.
All of them.]
621 hectares of forest land were burned, but so far there have been no casualties or damage to private homes.
It has been investigated that the fire started when a fire broke out while a nearby resident was burning garbage.
The police have secured new recruits for this resident and are investigating the cause of the accident.