South Korea reports multiple fires during Chuseok holiday

Multiple fires occurred across South Korea during the first day of the Chuseok holiday. In Seoul's Gangseo District, a fire broke out in a rooftop room in Magok-dong around 3:19 AM on September 24. A man in his 60s was found dead in the residence. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within 23 minutes.

In Incheon, two separate incidents were reported. At approximately 5:48 AM, a fire erupted in a four-story villa in Gajwa-dong, Seo-gu. A man in his 40s suffered burns, and a woman in her 50s was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Both are reported to be in non-life-threatening condition. Additionally, a large fire broke out at a cosmetics manufacturing plant in Oryu-dong, Geomdan-gu, late on September 23. Emergency services issued a level 1 response, deploying 96 personnel and 52 vehicles to control the blaze, which was extinguished by early September 24 with no reported casualties.