"Just Doing My Job"... Gyeongju Bus Driver Prevents Vehicle Fire Again

On the 14th, a city bus driver stopped the vehicle while driving in Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk, and extinguished a fire that occurred in another vehicle. [Image source=Gyeongju-si]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] It was recently revealed that a bus driver operating a city bus in Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, quickly extinguished a fire that broke out in another vehicle, preventing further damage.

According to Gyeongju City on the 19th, at around 11:22 a.m. on the 14th, Kwon Woong-gi (52), the driver of Saecheonnyun Miso Bus No. 200, witnessed flames rising from a compact car hanging on a tow truck near the intersection close to Moa Elementary School in Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju.

Kwon immediately stopped the bus he was driving, grabbed a fire extinguisher available inside the bus, and ran toward the flames. Other drivers who saw Kwon’s fire suppression efforts also stopped their vehicles and helped.

Fortunately, the driver of the tow truck involved in the accident was reported to have not sustained any injuries.

The bus’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) at the time captured Kwon extinguishing the fire with the fire extinguisher in full detail.

Kwon said, “I just did what I had to do,” adding, “The mandatory safety training we received once a month at the company seemed to give me confidence in extinguishing the fire.”

In November last year and January this year, drivers of Bus No. 51 and Bus No. 70 saved lives by providing emergency treatment when passengers collapsed without consciousness and breathing.

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