Fire in Garbage Pile at Gumi Environmental Resource Facility... Firefighting Efforts Continue for 9 Hours

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] At around 11:17 PM on the 11th, a fire broke out at the environmental resource recovery facility in Baekhyeon-ri, Sandong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongbuk Province.

After receiving a report from an employee, the fire department dispatched about 80 personnel and 13 firefighting vehicles and equipment, and as of 8 AM on the 12th, firefighting operations have been ongoing for 9 hours. It is known that the fire was reignited after being smoldering in a smoke fire state from a natural ignition in a pile of garbage on the 9th.

Earlier, when the fire that occurred on the 9th did not go out and the smoke fire state continued, Gumi City separated the pile of garbage that had caught fire and built a firebreak 15 meters high and 20 meters wide. Currently, about 30,000 tons of unincinerated household waste are piled up at the Gumi Environmental Resource Recovery Facility.

Kim Deok-jong, head of the Resource Circulation Division of Gumi City, stated, "There are two incinerators with a daily processing capacity of 100 tons each, but the household waste produced by 420,000 citizens exceeds 200 tons per day, resulting in 70 to 80 tons of household waste accumulating daily."

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