Wildfire Spreads Toward Residential Areas

As a wildfire on Hamji Mountain in Buk-gu, Daegu spread, the National Fire Agency issued Fire Response Level 1 and a nationwide firefighting mobilization order on April 28.


The National Fire Agency announced that it issued the nationwide firefighting mobilization order at around 4:05 p.m. on this day, as the wildfire was spreading toward residential areas.

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The head of the National Fire Agency can issue a mobilization order when it is deemed difficult to respond to disasters such as fires with the firefighting resources of a specific province or city, or when there is a recognized need to deploy firefighting resources to a disaster site at the national level.



According to the fire authorities, a total of 28 fire vehicles have been mobilized under the nationwide firefighting mobilization order, and no casualties have been reported so far.


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