Fire in Detached House in Hadong... Woman in Her 80s Dies

A fire broke out at a detached house in Geumnam-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam. Photo by Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters

A fire broke out at around 2:48 a.m. on the 11th at a detached house in Geumnam-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam Province.

An elderly woman in her 80s who lived in the house died in the fire, and the fire department estimated property damage worth about 20 million won.

The fire department, upon receiving the report, deployed 49 personnel and 16 pieces of equipment and extinguished the fire completely by around 5:21 a.m.

The police and fire authorities are investigating the exact cause of the fire, believing that embers from the furnace in the lower part of the house were carried by the wind and ignited the fire.