Mother Dies in Fire-Ravaged Home After Son Jumps to Safety

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A fire broke out at an apartment in Buan, Jeollabuk-do, early this morning (Sept. 13). The blaze left a woman in her 40s dead and her 7-year-old son severely injured.

Reporter Jeong Jiyeon covers the weekend's accident and incident news.

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Flames engulf the inside of an apartment as thick smoke billows out the window.

The exterior walls of the building are charred black, and the inside of the home has been reduced to ashes.

Around 1:00 a.m. today, a fire broke out on the third floor of a six-story apartment building in Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do.

[Apartment Resident: The alarm kept ringing, so I came out to check, and there were already massive flames and heavy smoke spreading...]ο

Although the fire was completely extinguished in about 50 minutes, a woman in her 40s was found dead inside the home.

Her 7-year-old son, who suffered second-degree burns on his arms and other body parts, was found on the apartment flowerbed and transported to a hospital.

Fire authorities believe that when the fire broke out, the son jumped from the third floor down to the first-floor flowerbed, while the mother was unable to escape the flames in time.

Police and fire authorities have been conducting a joint forensic inspection since this morning.

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Firefighters are gathered in front of a factory.

The interior is filled with grayish-white smoke.

Around 8:00 a.m. today, a fire broke out at a wood pellet manufacturing plant for fuel located in Eohyeon-dong, Namwon-si, Jeollabuk-do.

Due to the fire, 17 workers inside the factory inhaled smoke, three of whom were taken to the hospital.

Fire authorities, responding to the report, brought the major flames under control after about 4 hours and 30 minutes and are currently carrying out cleanup operations for remaining embers.

A fire official explained, "Because there is a lot of wood fuel inside the factory, it is taking some time to put out the remaining embers."

Fire authorities believe the fire started from machinery inside the factory and are investigating the exact cause of the fire and the scale of the damage.

(Video reporting: Kwon Man-taek / JTV, Video editing: Park Ji-in, Footage provided by: Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters)
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