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This morning (23rd), a fire broke out on the track between Muakjae Station and Dongnimmun Station on Seoul Subway Line 3.
As a result of the accident, subway service was delayed, causing great inconvenience to citizens on their way to work.
This is reporter Park Ye-rin.
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Firefighters are busy running into the dark track.
When they lifted the bottom of the track, red flames and smoke rose, and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames with fire extinguishers.
At around 6:40 this morning, a report was received that smoke was coming from the track between Muakjae Station and Dongnimmun Station on Subway Line 3, and train service in both directions between Yaksu Station and Gupabal Station was suspended.
A train engineer is said to have called 119 after noticing sparks on the tracks.
The police and fire authorities evacuated passengers from Muakjae Station and Dongnimmun Station out of the station, and extinguished the fire with about 30 manpower.
The fire stopped the operation of Seoul Subway Line 3 for over an hour, causing great inconvenience to citizens who were trying to use the subway on their way to work.
[Lee Woo-jae/Seoul Eunpyeong-gu: We said that there was only smoke on the air in Yeonsinnae, so we went outside and tried to catch a taxi, but we waited for an hour and a half.
That's why I'm trying to take line 6 from Bulgwang Station and come here.
Originally, I was going to Gangnam Terminal.]
Service resumed about an hour and a half later, around 8:10 am.
As subway operation was disrupted, 112 reports were received that control was necessary due to crowds at Muakjae Station, Dongnimmun Station, and Hongje Station.
Seoul Transportation Corporation extended the intensive dispatch time of subway line 3 to 10:00 am, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government also extended the intensive dispatch time of all 373 city buses in Seoul by 1 hour until 10:00 am.