Fires everywhere in the cold...sewage treatment plant worker poisoning

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Yeongdeok National Road Tour Bus Fire in Gyeongsangbuk-do...Evacuate 30 passengers

Two workers at Changwon Sewage Treatment Plant in South Gyeongsang Province fell.

[Anchor]
In the cold, there were a series of large and small fires throughout the country.

A worker in his 60s who was working at a sewage pre-treatment plant in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, died after inhaling toxic gas.

I'm reporter Heo Sung-joon, the news of the incident.

[Reporter]
Flames rise from the sixth floor of the apartment building, and black smoke hits the upper floor.

Around 10:30 p.m., a fire broke out in an apartment in Yongbong-dong, Gwangju.

A man in his 60s in the house fell into a critical condition, and a man in his 30s on the eighth floor drank smoke and was taken to a hospital.

Twenty-six people who were isolated in the house were rescued by the fire brigade.

In the evening, a fire broke out at a resource circulation facility in Hallim-myeon, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do.

No one was injured after work, but it took a long time to put out the flames because 100 tons of household waste were piled up.

[Firefighting official: In this case, we have to spray water by turning it over one by one with an excavator, not just from the outside.]

A tourist bus running on the national road in livestock-myeon, Yeongdeok-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do caught fire.

A citizen who found the fire stopped the bus and helped the initial extinguishment with a vehicle fire extinguisher, which was extinguished in 40 minutes.

Thirty passengers were evacuated in a hurry, and no one was injured.

Two workers in their 60s were found collapsed at a sewage treatment plant in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province.

[Yoon Soon-gyu / Team leader of Changwon Sewerage Office, Gyeongnam: Our staff looked at the CCTV and saw 119 paramedics coming in and came down to see if there was an accident, and two people fell down.]

Eventually, one person died, apparently addicted to toxic gases such as hydrogen sulfide generated at the treatment plant.

Police believe they worked without gas masks and are investigating whether safety is managed.

I'm Heo Sungjun of YTN.