President of Korea Rural Community Corporation Visits Uljin County Wildfire Site... Partial Damage to Seokho Port Facilities

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] Lee Byung-ho, the newly appointed president of Korea Rural Community Corporation, visited the site of the Seokho Port Fishing Village New Deal project area in Buk-myeon, Uljin-gun, Gyeongbuk, which was damaged by a wildfire, to receive a status report and instructed on response measures, the corporation announced on the 6th.

The fire, which started on the night of the 4th in the hills of Ducheon-ri, Buk-myeon, Uljin-gun, spread to nearby areas with a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 20 m/s, causing damage including the destruction of some parts of the corporation’s facilities such as Bugoo Reservoir and the Seokho Port Fishing Village New Deal project site.

Currently, the damage to the corporation-managed facilities includes the melting of the automatic water level gauge and floodgate at Bugoo Reservoir, as well as the TM/TC lines, and the complete burning of some sections of the coastal walkway deck at the Seokho Port Fishing Village New Deal project. Fortunately, there have been no casualties.

The corporation has urgently activated the Disaster Countermeasures Situation Room at the Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters to monitor the damage situation. To aid wildfire suppression, firefighting water supply support is being provided from Noeum Intake Weir, Fisheries Intake Weir, and Bugoo Reservoir, and the Yeongdeok-Uljin branch delivered emergency relief supplies to Uljin-gun.

President Lee encouraged the on-site staff and said, "Although there is no civilian damage caused by corporation-managed facilities, the wildfire situation, rapidly spreading with strong winds, is serious," adding, "Please mobilize all personnel and equipment that the corporation can support to help with the early containment of the wildfire."

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