Fire at Hanok in Jongno-gu...A grandmother in her 80s and a seven-year-old grandson die.

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A fire in the hanok engulfed the lives of a grandmother and grandson in their 80s.

The fires continued throughout the country, regardless of places such as apartments and buses.

Reporter Kim Chul-hee reports.

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While the red flame is rising out of the window, black smoke is constantly billowing over the roof.

Firefighters shoot water over the gates and windows, but the flames don't go out easily.

It was around 5 p.m. yesterday that a fire broke out in a hanok in Changsin-dong, Seoul.

The strong fire even took the lives of grandmothers and grandchildren in their 80s in the house.

[Kang Min-ki / Neighbor: There was a lot of black smoke behind the Dong office. A seven-year-old dies, and a grandmother dies.]

The police and fire department are investigating the cause of the fire, believing that the two were devastated because they could not avoid the fire that suddenly spread.

A few hours later, a big fire hit an apartment in the middle of the night in Gwangju.

[Apartment resident: The fire was suddenly really strong, and it was burning. I was so surprised, but a fire truck came right away and put it out....]

A man in his 60s inside the house was taken to a hospital by fire that started on the sixth floor,
A man in his 30s who lived on the 8th floor of
also had to be treated for inhaling smoke from above.

Around 7 p.m. last night, a tourist bus running on National Route 7 in Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do also caught fire.

Thirty people on the bus rushed to evacuate, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

It was thanks to a citizen who found the fire stopping the bus and helping to extinguish the fire in the early stages with a vehicle fire extinguisher.

[Do Won-tae / Witness to the accident] I put in the blinkers to stop the bus. The bus stopped on the right, the driver got off, and all the passengers got off.]

Around the same time, a single house in Jeonjeon, Incheon, also caught fire, causing a resident in his 60s to have second-degree burns on his palm.

I'm Kim Chulhee of YTN.

Filmmaker: Kim Jeong-won
Courtesy of the screen: Seoul Fire Department Incheon Fire Department, viewer Do Won-tae