2023-06-19 11:26:15
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Yesterday evening, a car running through a tunnel in Gyeonggi-do caught fire and stopped.
It was a situation that might lead to a major accident because it happened in a tunnel.
A firefighter who happened to pass by the scene was able to prevent major damage by extinguishing the fire.
Reporter Kim Se-young will tell you.
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Yesterday followingnoon, the 2nd Gyeongin Expressway Cheonggyesan Tunnel 3.
Running cars start to slow down.
White smoke was seen 100 meters ahead, and soon a car engulfed in flames appeared.
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″I think the acting is right. Oh fire! The car is on fire!″
A vehicle stopped at this time.
A man in a T-shirt and shorts jumps out and runs to a fire hydrant.
Instead of the driver of the accident vehicle who was confused because he did not know how to use it, he skillfully took out the hose and sprayed water.
However, he gave the driver a hose he was holding to see if the flames were not caught well, and opened another fire hydrant several tens of meters ahead to help extinguish the fire.
An explosion occurred in the car that caught fire in the engine room, but I didn’t care and got closer and finally caught the flames.
This man, who skillfully put out the fire, was an incumbent firefighter who was returning home following going out on a day off.
From immediately following the fire to the arrival of the firefighting vehicle, we guarded the scene with the driver of the accident vehicle for regarding 10 minutes.
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″It looked like smoke was coming out hazy, so when I went there, the car was on fire. The fire caught inside the bonnet, so I extinguished it initially… I think it just went out automatically.”
There was concern regarding great damage because it was a fire in the tunnel, but thanks to the voluntary initial response of the incumbent firefighters, the fire department that was dispatched made a decision to completely extinguish the fire in 6 minutes following arranging the remaining fire.
This is Kim Se-young from MBC News.
Video editing: Kim Jin-woo / Video provision: Hong Ji-won (viewer), Gyeonggi Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters
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