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The forest fire that broke out yesterday (8th) in Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam, is still not extinguished. Forest authorities are working to extinguish the flames this morning, with some welcome showers at the site of the fire a little while ago. Connect with investigative journalists who are out in the field.

Reporter Kwang Hyun, fortunately, it seems that a lot of lights have been turned off, right?

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I'm at the forest fire command center in Hapcheon right now.

As of 6 a.m., the extinguishing rate has risen to 92 percent, but with a sudden shower 30 minutes ago, the fire is expected to be contained this morning.

The flames that were visible here until yesterday are now visible.

However, the flames are not yet fully contained, and a faint acrid smoke remains.

There are a total of three areas that are still burning, and the area you see right now is the valley near Sangdorim Village in Hapcheon-eup, photographed by our reporters.

Six hundred meters from the private house, the flames were getting extinguished.

The wind weakened a lot overnight, so the night work with about 6 special evolution personnel went smoothly.

Just a moment ago, 2 wildfire extinguishing helicopters were dispatched to clean up East Sea debris.

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Has the cause of the
wildfires been determined?

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we have yet to find any clear clues as to how it happened.

When the fire is extinguished, the forest authorities will investigate the exact area of the damage and investigate the cause as the possibility of a misfire is raised.

More than 80 residents who were evacuated yesterday will remain in the community center, an evacuation center, until the lights are completely extinguished.

The government has designated the end of next month as the "Special Measures Period for Forest Fires" and raised the forest fire warning level from caution to "alert."