Fire Department "estimated KRW 3.8 billion in fire damage to Cheongna electric vehicle"

It is estimated that the property damage suffered by residents in the fire of an electric vehicle in Cheongna apartment in Incheon in August amounted to 3.8 billion won.

The Incheon Western Fire Station said today (16th) that the property damage of the residents was 2.4 billion won for real estate and 1.4 billion won for movable property in connection with the fire in the underground parking lot of the Cheongna apartment.

However, he explained that the estimate is not the total amount of compensation, and that it is the amount of compensation for direct fire damage such as buildings and vehicles.

The fire department also said at the time that the cause of the fire was the possibility of fire or electrical heat generation caused by external shocks, and that no clear judgment had been made yet.

Earlier on August 1, a fire broke out in a Mercedes-Benz electric car built in an underground parking lot of an apartment building in Cheongna-dong, Incheon, killing one firefighter who was extinguishing the fire, and causing more than 900 vehicles to burn or burn.