Fire at a Mixed-Use Building in Dong-gu, Gwangju... No Casualties Reported

Around 2:10 PM on the 3rd, a fire broke out at an officetel located in Hakdong, Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City. Photo by Gwangju Dongbu Fire Station

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] A fire broke out in a complex building located in Dong-gu, Gwangju.

According to the Gwangju Dongbu Fire Station on the 3rd, a report was received around 2:10 p.m. that day of a fire on the 3rd floor of a complex building in Hak-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City.

Upon receiving the report, the fire department mobilized personnel and equipment, dispatching 23 vehicles and 56 people, including related agencies, to the scene, and extinguished the fire in 25 minutes.

As a result of the fire, three residents inhaled smoke and were treated in the ambulance that arrived on site, and it was confirmed that no patients were transported to the hospital.

The fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fire and the extent of the damage.

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