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“3-Year-Old Killed in Gangbuk-gu and Other Fire Incidents in the News”

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Yesterday afternoon, in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, a 3-year-old child was hit and killed by a car with the chairman of the Gangbuk-gu council.

In Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, a house caught fire and a man in his 50s suffered burns.

This is Reporter Park Sol-ip.

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Yesterday afternoon, at an intersection in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul.

A woman starts crossing the street pushing a stroller.

Suddenly, a black car from the opposite side hits the woman.

The vehicle, which was turning left after leaving the alley, stopped after hitting a grandmother and her granddaughter who were crossing the street here.

In the accident, the 3-year-old granddaughter, who was riding in a stroller, suffered serious head injuries and eventually died, while the grandmother suffered injuries to her face and thighs.

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″There was an accident at the crosswalk. Because it was a car. I hit a kid on the way…”

Heo Gwang-haeng, chairman of the Gangbuk-gu Council in Seoul, was riding in the accident vehicle, but it was confirmed that he was not driving himself.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the accident, believing that the driver, Mr. Kim, did not see the grandmother and the child.

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The ceiling was so charred that even the bones were exposed.

The furniture was completely burned to the ground.

Around 8 o’clock last night, a fire broke out on the second floor of a residential building in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, and the inside of the house was completely burned.

A 50-year-old resident suffered burns in the fire and was taken to the hospital.

The fire department believes that the fire started around the bed and is investigating the exact cause of the fire.

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Last night around 9 o’clock in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, an electric car parked on fire caused property damage estimated by the fire department to be 30 million won.

The fire department is investigating the exact cause of the fire, assuming that the fire was caused by the vehicle’s battery.

This is Park Sol-ip of MBC News.

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