Fire at Suwon Gwanggyosan Extinguished After 5 Hours... Forest Area Lost Equivalent to 3 Soccer Fields

Acting Mayor of Suwon, Cho Cheong-sik (far right), visited the Gwanggyosan fire site early morning on the 9th to assess the situation.

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] A forest fire broke out in the Gwanggyosan area of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, burning a forest area three times the size of a soccer field and was extinguished after 5 hours.

Suwon City announced that the forest fire, which occurred around 11:40 PM on the 8th in the Gwanggyosan area, was completely extinguished by around 5 AM on the 9th. No casualties have been confirmed so far.

The location of the forest fire is in Sang Gwanggyo-dong San 4-1, Suwon City, and Wanggok-dong San 4-5, Uiwang City, which is the boundary area between Suwon and Uiwang.

It has been estimated that approximately 21,000㎡ of forest, equivalent to the size of three soccer fields, was destroyed by this fire.

Suwon City cooperated with the fire station immediately after the fire broke out to carry out firefighting operations. The city requested people to refrain from hiking in Gwanggyosan on that day.

Meanwhile, about 430 personnel including firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and police officers, along with 25 pieces of equipment such as 15 fire trucks, were deployed to extinguish the fire.

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