Another Fire Breaks Out in Gangnam's Guryong Village Early Today... Third This Year

Occurred about two weeks after last month's major fire
Firefighters deployed 105 personnel and 32 pieces of equipment to extinguish the blaze
Briquette boiler and part of the panels destroyed... No casualties reported

Another fire broke out in Guryong Village, Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and firefighters brought it under control in about two hours. No casualties were reported.

A fire broke out again early on the 11th in Guryong Village, Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. A police cordon has been set up around a home damaged in the fire. Yonhap News Agency

The Seoul Gangnam Fire Station said it responded to a report of a fire at a home in Zone 8 of Guryong Village at around 4:29 a.m. on November 11.

Firefighters deployed 106 personnel and 32 pieces of equipment to put out the blaze. The flames were brought under control at around 4:42 a.m. and fully extinguished at around 6:27 a.m.

The fire destroyed a briquette boiler and part of the home's panels. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

Earlier, a major fire broke out in Zone 2 of Guryong Village on October 27 and spread to Zones 1 and 3. A fire also broke out in Zone 4 on January 16 and was extinguished after about eight hours.

Guryong Village is an unauthorized shantytown formed by people displaced during urban development in the 1970s and 1980s. Most homes are shacks covered with flammable materials such as plastic sheeting and insulating cotton, and the dense concentration of electrical installations makes the area vulnerable to fires.

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