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During the weekend, a heat wave warning was issued across the country, and vehicle fires followed.
Eight vehicles parked in the Han River parking lot in Seoul caught fire, and a fire broke out on the Yeongdong Expressway due to a vehicle collision.
Reporter Park Hee-jae reports.
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In the middle of the parking lot of the Han River amusement park crowded with cars, flames and black smoke billow up.
A car parked at Ttukseom Hangang Park in Seoul caught fire around 4:30 pm today.
[민동근 / 목격자 : 주차장에 왔는데 불길이 치솟는 거예요. 서 있는 데 그냥 불이 붙었어요. 바로 옆에 벤츠에 옮겨붙고 양옆에 또 붙고 뒤에 있는 차들도 계속 폭발하면서 옮겨붙고…]
A fire spread to nearby vehicles and set fire to all eight vehicles, but fortunately no one was injured.
Police are investigating the exact cause based on the driver’s statement that the air conditioner caught fire when the parked SUV was started.
A vehicle is burned to the point of being unrecognizable.
At around 4:20 pm today, near the Yeoju Interchange in the direction of Gangneung on the Yeongdong Expressway, a Porsche vehicle that collided with a 1-ton truck caught fire.
A passenger in the truck was seriously injured in the accident, and six people including the driver were injured and taken to the hospital.
During the vehicle repair process, all lanes were controlled for 45 minutes, resulting in severe road congestion for about 4 km.
The police are investigating the exact circumstances, considering that a 1 ton truck collided with a Porsche vehicle in lane 3 after the tire was damaged.
At about 1:20 a.m., a fire broke out in a car parked in an apartment complex in Incheon.
One vehicle was all occupied, and two vehicles and one prime mover were partially occupied.
Police confirmed that the owner of the vehicle, a man in his 40s, set fire to the fire with newspaper in the driver’s seat, and immediately arrested the man.
The police are investigating the exact circumstances based on the man’s statement that he tried to make an extreme choice while intoxicated.
This is YTN Park Hee-jae.
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