Mayor Lee Dong-hwan Visits Yeongdeok-gun to Console Wildfire Victims... Delivers Emergency Relief Supplies

Goyang City Prepares Emergency Food and Rice Worth 21 Million KRW
Joins in Supporting Recovery Efforts and Comforting Disaster Victims

On the 3rd, Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, visited Yeongdeok-gun, which recently suffered significant damage from a large wildfire, to comfort the disaster victims and deliver relief supplies.

Lee Dong-hwan, Mayor of Goyang Special City, visits the temporary shelter for disaster victims in Yeongdeok County to encourage the victims and volunteers. Photo by Goyang Special City

At the temporary shelter for disaster victims set up at Yeongdeok National Sports Center, Mayor Lee Dong-hwan offered warm words of consolation to residents who had to leave their homes due to the wildfire damage.

He also visited the relief supply reception center established at Yeongdeok-gun Citizen Stadium and delivered supplies prepared together with the Goyang Volunteer Center and the Goyang Agricultural, Livestock, and Floriculture Cooperative (8 cooperatives - Byeokje Nonghyup, Songpo Nonghyup, Sindo Nonghyup, Wondang Nonghyup, Ilsan Nonghyup, Jido Nonghyup, Goyang Livestock Nonghyup, Korea Floriculture Nonghyup).

The relief supplies included emergency food worth approximately 5 million KRW and 800 bags of Goyang rice worth approximately 16 million KRW.

Mayor Lee Dong-hwan stated, “I came all the way to Yeongdeok to offer even a small support to the residents of Yeongdeok-gun who are exhausted from living in the shelter for several days,” adding, “I hope the relief supplies will help the affected residents in their daily lives, even if just a little.”

Earlier, since the 26th, the city had been raising funds among its employees to support those fighting the wildfire and the affected areas. The total amount of 26 million KRW raised will be donated to the Community Chest of Korea.

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