Yoon: "All Available Personnel and Equipment Mobilized to Rescue Firefighters Trapped in Mungyeong Fire"

Two Firefighters Trapped During Fire Response

President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 31st instructed the Commissioner of the National Fire Agency to "mobilize all available personnel and equipment to do their utmost to rescue the trapped firefighters" in relation to firefighters being trapped while responding to a factory fire.

President Yoon gave this urgent directive after receiving a report that two firefighters were trapped during the firefighting efforts at a meat processing factory fire in Mungyeong-si, Gyeongbuk Province, according to a written briefing by presidential spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung.

President Yoon also urged Minister of the Interior and Safety Lee Sang-min to "thoroughly verify and support all necessary aspects such as personnel and equipment for on-site response, and to ensure strict safety management for the rescue personnel."

At around 7:47 PM, a fire of unknown cause broke out at a meat processing factory in Singi-dong, Mungyeong-si, Gyeongbuk, trapping two firefighters who were conducting extinguishing operations. It is not yet confirmed whether the firefighters were injured. The fire authorities have issued a Level 2 response and are carrying out firefighting operations.
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