Incheon Material Shopping Mall Fire Spreads to Residential Areas...10 victims

[Anchor]
Last night, a fire at a material store in Hakik-dong, Incheon, spread to a nearby residential area, causing 10 people to be displaced.

In Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, residents suffered from inconvenience because 1,000 households lost power due to the cold wave.

I'm reporter Kim Yi-young, the news of the accident overnight.

[Reporter]
A fierce fire engulfs the shopping mall.

[Lee Seo-joon / Yonghyeon-dong, Incheon: There was a lot of smoke on the side of the road from about 200 meters from where the fire started. I can hear a bang through the building....]

The fire broke out at a material store in Hakik-dong, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, at around 8:20 p.m. last evening (18th).

The fire began with building materials accumulated in empty spaces inside the shopping mall, and it almost led to a major casualty accident as it spread to the villa right behind it.Four residents of

Villa were taken to hospital after inhaling smoke, and 10 people were displaced.

Fearing that the fire would spread quickly, the fire authorities issued the first stage of response within 10 minutes of receiving the report and then completely extinguished the fire within three hours.

[Park Man-geun / Head of Fire Administration, Michuhol Fire Station, Incheon: It took a long time to extinguish the fire because it was not easy for water to penetrate as plastic burns.]

Power outages occurred in the areas of Sangsa-dong and Toegye-dong in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, causing inconvenience to 1,000 households.

At one point, the traffic lights were stopped and the police had to control the traffic, but the Korea Electric Power Corporation fully restored the power at around 10 p.m. after emergency work.

KEPCO believes that the cold wave caused a problem with the transformer power facility.

I'm YTN's Kim Lee Young.

Reporter for shooting
: Lee Soo-yeon
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