Fire at a junkyard in Pocheon... A large fire was extinguished in 3 hours and 30 minutes (comprehensive)

(Pocheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Noh Seung-hyuk = At ​​11:57 am on the 24th, a fire broke out in a junkyard in Mubong-ri, Soheul-eup, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Although there were no casualties from the fire, fire authorities issued the first response level at 12:32 p.m. out of concern that the fire would spread to surrounding areas.

Afterwards, as the fire subsided, level 1 response was lifted at 1:54 p.m.

Firefighting authorities mobilized 39 pieces of equipment and 110 personnel to extinguish the large blaze at 3:28 p.m., about 3 hours and 30 minutes after the fire broke out.

As a large amount of black smoke appeared at the fire site, Pocheon City issued a disaster text message saying, "Citizens should move away from the accident site and vehicles should detour."

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the cause of the fire as soon as the remaining fires are cleared.