Daegu and Gyeongbuk Experience Consecutive Wildfires Amid Dry Weather

A fire that started in a farm warehouse in Andeok-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk, spread to a nearby hill. (Photo by Gyeongbuk Andong Fire Station)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] As dry weather continues, wildfires have occurred consecutively in Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

According to the Daegu Fire Safety Headquarters on the 10th, a fire broke out in a mountain area in Gachang-myeon, Dalseong-gun, Daegu, around 9:10 p.m. on the 9th, burning approximately 0.03 hectares of forest land (estimated by the fire department), but there were no casualties.

The fire authorities deployed 10 fire trucks and 30 firefighters and completed extinguishing the fire around 11:15 p.m.

Earlier on the same day, around 8:50 p.m., a fire at a farm warehouse in Andeok-myeon, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongbuk, spread to a nearby mountain area, burning approximately 0.01 hectares of forest land (estimated by the fire department) and was extinguished after about an hour.

Upon the outbreak of the fire, the fire authorities dispatched 11 fire trucks and 36 firefighters, completing the extinguishing operation around 10:34 p.m.

The police and fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fires.

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