Breaking News Fire in an eight-story building near Yatap Station... "Reporting many isolated"

[Anchor]
Are you connected to a reporter?

[Reporter]
I'm Jeong Hyeon-woo from the Ministry of Social Affairs.

[Anchor]
We're looking at the screen right now.

It's a report screen. Please tell me about the fire on the 10th floor of the Yatap-dong building.

[Reporter]
Since 4:30 p.m. today, viewers have continued to report video of the building fire near Seongnam Yatap Station on YTN.

You're watching the video together, but you can see a strong flame on the first floor of the building.

Strong black smoke completely envelops the entire building, and firefighters are strongly spraying water on the first floor by connecting hoses.

Citizens around the area who passed near Yatap Station are also showing concern as they continue to see the situation on the ground.

As it is near Yatap Station, many citizens around it passed by, so it can be assumed that a lot of reports are coming in like this.

There was a fire near here, but reports of a fire at the kimbap shop on the first floor continued to be received.

It was around 4:30 p.m. today, and when I checked the building while looking at the map on YTN, it was confirmed that it was a complex shopping mall with various shopping malls and hospitals in the building.

As the fire broke out around 4:30 p.m., in the case of fire fighting, considering that there are various stores in the building, many of them may have been reported isolated, so five and six fire departments, including the surrounding fire station and the adjacent fire station, issued an alert to mobilize all manpower and equipment.

If you ask me additional questions, I'll answer them.

[Anchor]
I'm looking at the report screen right now. The report screen came in about 20 minutes ago, right?

[Reporter]
That's right.

[Anchor]
Is the fire extinguished now?

How is the situation now?

[Reporter]
The Gyeonggi Southern Fire Department said fire extinguishing work is still underway at the site.

The fire broke out at 4:37 p.m., but only 30 minutes have passed.

The second stage of response has been issued and the fire is continuously being extinguished, and the Gyeonggi Fire Department explained that the casualties are still being confirmed.

However, since we issued a preemptive emergency due to concerns over a number of casualties, that is, the second stage of response, it seems necessary to continuously check whether there are additional casualties on the spot.

[Anchor]
Was there a report from an eyewitness?

[Reporter]
That's right.

There has been a report that the entire building where Shinhan Bank is located near Yatap Station is on fire.

Also, there was a report from the highway side, and from the highway side, you could see a strong black smoke rising above the sky.

As you can see on the screen, black smoke covers the entire building, it seems that the surrounding citizens are surprised by the large smoke coming from the building around Yatap Station.

[Anchor]
It's a very large building because it's 5 floors underground and 8 floors above ground.

I heard that many people are isolated, but how many people were in there right now are you not able to figure out at all?

[Reporter]
It seems difficult to determine how isolated the casualties are right now, as the fire department is also conducting a search for life while putting the extinguishing work first.

However, as I explained earlier, the building is a complex building.

First of all, it is a place where various stores, restaurants, hospitals, and other companies are located, so there are various concerns about isolation because it is a building used by various people.

It is explained that the exact number of people has not been confirmed yet as isolation has not yet been confirmed, and as there have been several reports of isolation, the exact number of people has not been confirmed, but there are concerns.