[Anchor]
Early in the morning yesterday (October 31), a fire broke out at a farm shed in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, leaving two people dead and one injured. Police plan to conduct a joint forensic inspection, suspecting the fire originated from an LPG gas cylinder.
For more on these and other incidents, here is reporter Lee Tae-gwon.
[Reporter]
The sandwich panel walls of the building have collapsed in various places, and thick gray smoke lingers around the area.
At around 12:40 a.m. yesterday, a fire broke out at a farm shed in Jojong-myeon, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province.
Fire authorities completely extinguished the blaze about 1 hour and 45 minutes after receiving the report, but two people inside the building—a man and a woman in their 50s—were found dead, and the male homeowner was injured.
[Fire Official: It seems someone who was inside managed to escape and make the report. They said there were people still trapped inside who couldn't get out.]
Police believe the fire started while the homeowner was trying to disconnect an LPG gas cylinder to turn off a heater during a gathering with acquaintances, and are investigating the exact circumstances.
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Smoke billows continuously from between mountain valleys.
At around 1:15 p.m. yesterday, another fire broke out on a hillside in Deokam-ri, Imgye-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon Province.
The Korea Forest Service and fire authorities mobilized 6 helicopters and 23 pieces of equipment, bringing the fire under control in about two and a half hours.
While there were no casualties, 0.5 hectares of forest were burned.
Fire authorities believe that a fire originating from a nearby abandoned house spread to the mountain.
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A boat floats precariously, listing to one side on the sea.
At around 10 p.m. the night before yesterday (October 30), a 1-ton coastal gillnet fishing boat flooded in the waters near Tanseom, Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do.
Coast Guard officers dispatched after receiving the report successfully rescued two crew members aboard within 30 minutes.
Investigations showed that the fishing boat had departed from Doman Port in Jindong-myeon, Changwon, at around 3:30 p.m. that same day and ran aground after hitting a reef during operations.
(Video Editing: Yoon Tae-ho, Footage Provided by: Gyeonggi Northern Disaster and Fire Headquarters, Korea Forest Service, Gangwon Fire Headquarters, Changwon Coast Guard)
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