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Accidents continued in the cold weather.

Last night (24th), a water supply pipe burst in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, and water continued to flow on the road until this afternoon, and as it froze, it was very uncomfortable for people to walk on the road.



Reporter Yeo Hyeon-gyo covered the story.



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Water is pouring out along the sloping road.



At around 10:10 last night, a 2.6m diameter water supply pipe ruptured on a road in Sampyeong-dong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do.



Since it was a raw water pipe from Paldang to Pangyo, there was no damage to nearby apartments, but the leak continued until today as the exact rupture point could not be found.



It's near where the water pipe burst.



As restoration was delayed, water continued to flow on the road in front of the apartment, and the road froze in places due to the cold wave, causing inconvenience to the residents.



[Lee Jae-hee/Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do: Today is Christmas day, so I don't have a car and I have to walk and take the subway and take public transportation, but the front of my house looks like this (inconvenient)]



Korea Water Resources Corporation found the rupture point around 1:45 p.m. Temporary measures were taken to prevent it, but the exact cause and restoration were only possible after the frozen ground melted.



[Korea Water Resources Corporation official: Because these things, such as freezing and deterioration (causes of accidents), can come out only after fact-checking.]



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Flames and smoke billowed out of the windows of the house.



At around 2 am today, a fire broke out in a detached house in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, and a couple in their 80s died.



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Around 7:30 in the morning, a man in his 60s died in a fire in a detached house in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, and around 0:00, a man in his 20s died in a fire in a villa in Paju.



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At around 12:30 noon yesterday, at a wedding hall in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, there was a loud noise and cracks on the floor, causing the wedding guests to evacuate.



The hotel claimed that the flooring, which had shrunk in the cold weather, expanded and was damaged when the heater was running.



(Video coverage: Park Hyeon-cheol · Cho Chang-hyun, video editing: Kim Yun-seong, screen provided: Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, Busan Fire Headquarters)