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Fire at Uiwang Warehouse Injures One and Forces 14 to Evacuate

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A fire at a fishing-supplies warehouse in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, sent a man in his 50s to hospital with smoke inhalation and prompted 14 people to evacuate.
  • Firefighters deployed 23 vehicles and 69 personnel and brought the main blaze under control at 2:47 p.m., 37 minutes after it began.
  • Authorities will investigate the cause and full extent of the damage after extinguishing the fire.

A man in his 50s suffered smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a fishing-supplies warehouse in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province. He sustained minor injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The fire started at about 2:10 p.m. on the fifth in a warehouse building in Uiwang's Ojeon-dong. Fourteen people inside the building and at the scene reportedly evacuated on their own immediately after the fire began.

The Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters sent 23 vehicles and 69 personnel to fight the blaze. Firefighters brought the main flames under control at about 2:47 p.m., 37 minutes after the fire started.

Uiwang authorities issued a safety alert asking nearby residents to move away from the site and drivers to take an alternative route. Fire officials said they would investigate the exact cause and the scale of the damage after fully extinguishing the fire.

A fire accident has occurred in Ojeon-dong. Nearby residents should move away from the accident site, and vehicles should take a detour.

· Uiwang authoritiesSafety text message issued to residents and drivers after the fire broke out.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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