The firefighting efforts on Mount Manisan in Ganghwa Island, Incheon have resumed. The Central Forest Fire Prevention Headquarters of the Forest Service maintained a night response system and began extinguishing the main fire using 11 forest fire helicopters at around 6 am on the 27th. A total of 1,426 people, including 43 pieces of equipment, are currently engaged in extinguishing the fire. The wind strength, which was previously 11m per second, is expected to decrease to 5m per second, which will speed up the evolution work. The forest fire occurred on the 26th at around 2:44 pm in Manisan, Hwado-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon. The fire did not spread to the Manisan Water Purification Temple and surrounding facilities, which hold state-designated treasures such as the temple. As of 6:00 am, the length of the flames is 2.2 km, and the forest fire extinguishing rate is 86%. The Forest Service plans to utilize all available resources to complete the evolution of the main fire by this morning. @ KWANGJU BROADCASTING COMPANY, all rights reserved.
Firefighting work has resumed on Mount Manisan in Ganghwa Island, Incheon.
The Forest Service’s Central Forest Fire Prevention Headquarters maintained a night response system last night, and started extinguishing the main fire by deploying 11 forest fire helicopters from around 6 am today (27th).
Currently, 1,426 people, including 43 pieces of equipment such as fire trucks and forest fire extinguishers, have been put into the extinguishing work.
The strength of the wind, which once blew up to 11m per second, is expected to decrease to 5m per second, speeding up the evolution work.
The forest fire occurred on the 26th at around 2:44 pm in Manisan, Hwado-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon.
Fortunately, the fire did not spread to the Manisan Water Purification Temple and surrounding facilities, which hold state-designated treasures such as the temple.
As of 6:00 am, the length of the flames is 2.2 km, and the forest fire extinguishing rate is 86%.
The Forest Service plans to inject as much available resources as possible with the goal of completing the evolution of the main fire during this morning.
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As the firefighting efforts resume on Mount Manisan, we are hopeful that the main fire will be extinguished soon. The Forest Service’s dedication and quick response have been crucial in preventing the fire from spreading to the state-designated treasures such as the Manisan Water Purification Temple and surrounding facilities. We send our thoughts to those affected by this devastating forest fire and are grateful for the hard work and bravery of the firefighters and other responders. Let us all stand together in preserving our precious natural landmarks and working towards preventing such disasters from occurring once more in the future.