Fire at Yangju Mixed-Use Building Injures 6 from Smoke Inhalation... "Ignited by Electric Scooter"

An employee of the Gyeonggi Northern Fire Headquarters is rescuing a resident.

At around 11:04 PM on the 22nd, a fire broke out on the shared staircase on the first floor of a four-story commercial-residential building in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi Province.

Six people inside the building inhaled smoke but were safely rescued.

Additionally, communication equipment inside the building was destroyed, causing property damage estimated by the fire department at approximately 12.5 million KRW.

The fire authorities deployed 22 pieces of equipment and 55 personnel to extinguish the fire in about 19 minutes.

The fire department is investigating the cause, reporting that the fire started from an electric scooter located on the first-floor staircase.

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