Oil tank fire near Seopyeongtaek IC on West Coast Expressway...One person died.

A large fire broke out on a tanker running on the West Coast Expressway, killing one person and completely controlling the passage of the up and down line near the accident site.

A 25-ton tanker running between the West Coast Expressway Mokpo and the Seopyeongtaek Junction and the Seopyeongtaek Interchange hit the guardrail and fell last night (23rd).The oil tanker driver, a man in his 60s, was killed in an accident called

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A fire broke out when the vehicle fell, and the vehicle was found to contain about 30,000 liters of kerosene.

The second stage of response was once issued to mobilize personnel and equipment from nearby fire stations to extinguish the fire, and the Korea Expressway Corporation sent emergency disaster texts asking for a detour to the nearby national road as vehicle entry was controlled in the 1km section.

Currently, the response stage has been lifted and some vehicle traffic has resumed, while police and fire authorities plan to investigate the exact circumstances of the accident as soon as they finish cleaning the site.