Fire on the Hill Behind Sindang-ri, Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju-si ... Man in His 70s Dies

The photo shows the scene of extinguishing smoldering fires from a wildfire in the mountains near Dongchon-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk Province, on March 23 last year.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] At around 1:33 PM on the 11th, a fire broke out on a hill in Sindang-ri, Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk Province, where a man in his 70s was found dead, burned by the fire.

The fire burned approximately 0.1 hectares of forest and was completely extinguished within about 40 minutes.

The police are investigating the cause of the fire by interviewing witnesses, considering the possibility that the man died while trying to extinguish the fire after it spread to the mountain from burning trash in nearby fields.