Icheon Food Supplies Mart... Fire...One-time Response Phase 1

Yesterday (11th) at around 12:30 p.m., a fire broke out at a food and beverage mart in Bubal-eup, Icheon-si, and it was extinguished in 30 minutes.

More than 60 people were evacuated and no casualties were confirmed.

Fire authorities issued the first stage of response for fear of spreading the fire, but lifted it in about 10 minutes.

The fire department, which was dispatched after receiving a report from a nearby resident, believes that a fire broke out on a rooftop piled up with items sold at the mart, and is investigating the exact cause of the fire.