[Scene video+] Fire fighting "There are many patients who inhale simple smoke...28 people are slightly injured".

[Anchor]
A fire broke out at around 4:30 p.m. today (3rd) in an eight-story building near Yatap Station in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do.

The big fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes, but it was a complex building with several companies, so it was difficult to save lives.

Let's go to the fire briefing site.

[Kim Heungbok / Director of disaster prevention response department at Seongnam Fire Station]
I'm Kim Heung-bok, the fire prevention manager of Bundang Fire Station. From now on, we will start the press briefing on the fire in BYC building located in Bundang-gu. First, here's an overview of the accident. The first report of the accident was first filed at 16:37 on January 3, 2025. 268 people and 84 vehicles were mobilized for the firefighting force. This is an overview of the accident. A fire broke out in a shopping mall on the first floor of the building, and the cause is currently under investigation as it has been expanded by exhaust ducts. In the future, we will conduct joint inspections with police, fire, electricity, and gas. I'll tell you about the damage.

It is estimated that there were about 300 people in the building for the first time, and we rescued a total of 240 people, and the number of people evacuated on their own will be 70. And 28 people are currently distributed to four hospitals, including regenerative hospitals, due to simple smoke inhalation. Next, I will tell you about the response situation. We arrived at the site around 16:48 and after the fire brigade arrived, we carried out a fire suppression along with lifesaving and issued the first stage of response around 16:41. Also, around 16:43, the second stage of response was issued. The fire was first extinguished at 17:17 and we lowered the announcement to the first stage of response through a situation judgment meeting. The head of the public health center will brief you on the situation of casualties for a while.

[Interview]
This is Bundang Health Center. Our Bundang-gu Health Center's rapid response team arrived at around 5:30 p.m. Among the patients, there were many patients with simple smoke inhalation. So the person who can go home on his own went because it's so cold right now, and the patient...