HD Hyundai Supports Gangneung Wildfire Recovery with 20 Excavators

Considering On-site Deployment of Employee Volunteers

HD Hyundai has decided to urgently provide 20 excavators needed for wildfire damage restoration work in the Gangneung area, which has been declared a special disaster zone.

On the 17th, HD Hyundai announced that it will support equipment necessary for road maintenance and building restoration work to help residents who lost their homes due to the wildfire quickly return to their daily lives, and provide lunch boxes to disaster victims struggling with shortages of various supplies. The company is also considering dispatching relief personnel composed of employee volunteers to the site.

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment 21t Excavator Deployed for Recovery Work in Samberg Area, Tennessee, USA, Severely Damaged by Tornado in January Last Year [Photo provided by HD Hyundai]

An HD Hyundai official said, “We express our condolences to the residents affected by the sudden wildfire and hope to be of some help in the restoration efforts,” adding, “We will do our best to support recovery activities so that local residents can return to a peaceful and normal life as soon as possible.”

HD Hyundai has been continuously conducting relief activities such as donations and equipment support in areas affected by disasters, including last year’s East Coast wildfires, the heavy rains in Hapcheon, Gyeongnam and Gurye, Jeonnam in 2020, and the 2019 wildfires in Gangwon Province.

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