A major fire broke out in a aquatic product market in southwestern South Korea, and 227 stores were burned. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Comprehensive Yonhap News Agency and Xinhua News Agency reported that South Korea ’s Zhongqing South Road Fire Headquarters said on Tuesday (January 23) that on Monday (22nd) at around 11.08 pm, Zhongqing South Road, Shuchuan County, Shuchuan CountyA major fire broke out in the Shichuan aquatic product specialization market, and 227 of the 292 stores in the market were burned.
The fire department urgently dispatched 361 firefighters and 45 fire extinguishers, which completely extinguished the fire for nearly nine hours.
Due to the high store density in the market, flammable building structure, and adverse factors such as strong winds, the difficulty of extinguishing work will increase.
The fire did not spread to the affiliated food building and agricultural product store that spread to the market.
South Korean President Yin Xiyue instructed the Chief of Administrative Safety and the Chief of the Fire Department to mobilize all available resources after receiving the fire report, fully extinguishing the fire, and starting search and rescue work to minimize personnel casualties and ensure that it would ensure thatThe safety of firefighters.
The fire department is investigating the cause of fire and the scale of property loss.
The Schugawa Aquatic Products Specialization Market was transformed into a medium -sized traditional market through modernization in September 2004. The total area is 7018 square meters. It mainly sells aquatic products, agricultural and sideline products, groceries of life, and local specialty products.
