Overview
- The blaze began around 5 a.m. in a vacant house and was fully put out at 1:28 p.m., roughly eight hours after ignition.
- Officials report 258 people evacuated, about 200 displaced, and around 180 residents presumed to have lost their homes.
- Response escalated from Level 1 to Level 2 as 1,258 personnel and 106 pieces of equipment were deployed to contain the spread.
- Planned helicopter support was grounded due to poor visibility from haze and fine dust, forcing a ground-only operation.
- Guryong Village, a densely packed shantytown on the edge of affluent Gangnam, remains highly fire-prone due to flammable construction materials and tight spacing.