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Grandma’s footsteps in ‘Flying’ shop… Firefighter cuts through flames and finds bundle of cash

The story of the firefighters belonging to the East Sea Special Response Team spread at the Gangwon-do Fire Headquarters has been a hot topic of late.

Commercial Fire (PG). [제작 최자윤] illustration

(Gangneung = Yonhap News) Reporter Kang Tae-hyeon = “My grandmother said there were valuables in the building that was on fire.

The story of how firefighters fought through the flames and found a bundle of cash belonging to a grandmother in her 70s in a shopping center fire in Gangneung City, Gangwon Province last weekend became a hot topic after it was reported late.

According to the Gangwon-do Fire Department on the 30th, a fire broke out in a commercial building in Geumhak-dong, Gangneung-si at 4:47 am on the 28th.

Deok-ki Moon (49) and Tae-yeong Ahn (35), a member of the All East Sea Special Response Team at the Provincial Fire Headquarters, who were sent to the scene at the time, and fire chief Ahn Tae-yeong (35) leave the building temporarily to replace oxygen cylinders which can last 30 to 50 minutes during the long suspension process.

At that time, they found a grandmother in her 70s, shedding tears and stamping her feet.

The grandmother said, “There is a valuable item in the refrigerator inside the building,” and asked the two firefighters to find it.

However, as the flames from the nearby store spread to the grandmother’s store, it was difficult to get inside to find items.

    Commercial building fire suppression
Commercial building fire suppression

On the morning of the 28th, firefighters battle a fire at a shopping mall in Geumhak-dong, Gangneung-si. [강릉소방서 제공·재판매 및 DB 금지]

The Moon Fire Committee repeatedly explained this situation to the grandmother, but the grandmother’s crying continued.

The two firefighters, who could not turn away from his request, entered the shop spraying water when they entered a relatively safe situation.

Inside the shop, vegetables and sweet potatoes had already been burnt, and the fridge containing Grandma’s valuables was also on fire.

They approached the fridge carefully and opened the door. At the bottom of the fridge, they found three black bags containing 50,000 bills that had been won.

The two firefighters, who came out safely with the bag, gave the money to the police, who returned the money after checking the grandmother’s identity.

Nain, who had received the money she had saved preciously while doing business, left the place by saying “thank you” to them again and again.

Fire in a commercial building... balance settlement work
Fire in a commercial building… balance settlement work

On the morning of the 28th, firefighters clean up the remaining fire at a shopping mall in Geumhak-dong, Gangneung-si, where a fire broke out.[강릉소방서 제공·재판매 및 DB 금지]

The fire authorities continued to contain the fire, and at 6:47 am, two hours after the fire started, the fire was extinguished at 8:47 am.

The fire destroyed one empty house and four buildings, destroyed eight shops, partially damaged two nearby buildings, and moved around 50 people, including residents of nearby flats, to a safe place.

The Moon Fire Committee said, “We are human beings before we are firefighters, so we can enter the scene when safety is guaranteed.”

“It’s my job to do this, and that’s what I usually do, so it’s embarrassing to become a hot topic,” he added carefully.

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