Fire at an empty factory, two people killed in Busan and Wonju-do fires

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It was a holiday with a series of fire accidents across the country.

In Osan, Gyeonggi-do, a fire broke out at a semiconductor parts-related factory, and in Wonju and Busan, Gangwon-do, a house fire broke out, killing two people.

Reporter Kim Hyun-ji reports.

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Black smoke billows into the sky.

The red flame seems to engulf the factory, and it burns without being easily caught.

At around 11:30 am today, a fire broke out at a semiconductor parts factory in Osan-si, Gyeonggi-do.

No one was injured, but one factory building and plumbing materials were burned, resulting in property damage of more than 60 million won.

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“It burns 193 square meters. There are no casualties. The factory is closed today because it is Sunday.”

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During the night, there was a series of house fires.

A fire broke out in a house in Wonju-si, Gangwon-do at around 6 pm yesterday and was extinguished in an hour and a half, but a man in his 70s who was in the house died.

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“The black smoke spreads so much that I wondered if it was even a wildfire…”

At 4:30 this morning, a fire broke out in a two-story house in Saha-gu, Busan, and a man in his 60s suffered burns all over his body and was taken to the hospital, but died.

Police and fire officials believe the fire started in the bedroom where the man was sleeping.

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All the windows on one side of the convenience store were broken, and shards of glass splattered onto the road in front of the convenience store.

At 11:30 am today, an SUV drove into a convenience store in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul.

One employee and one customer inside the convenience store were injured and received emergency treatment.

As a result of the police investigation, the driver, a man in his 50s, showed the same symptoms as fainting a month ago, and it is known that he had an accident on the way to the hospital today.

This is Kim Hyun-ji from MBC News.

Video coverage: Lee Joo-hyuk / Video editing: Lee Hye-ji / Video provided by: Viewer Kim Hyun-mi, Gyeonggi Fire Department, Gangwon Fire Department

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