(Pocheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-yoon = Two consecutive fires at pig farms in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, have resulted in the death of hundreds of pigs.
According to the North Gyeonggi Provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 2nd, at around 11:38 PM on the 1st, a fire broke out at a pig farm in Seongdong-ri, Yeongjung-myeon, Pocheon, causing 662 pigs to be burned to death.
The fire burned a pig house of 247 square meters, containers, and utensils, causing property damage estimated at 130 million won (fire department estimate) and was extinguished by the 119 Fire Brigade in about an hour.
Earlier on the same day, at around 7:08 AM, a fire also broke out at a pig farm in Haseongbuk-ri, Gunnae-myeon, Pocheon, causing 200 pigs to die. The fire burned two pig houses of 537 square meters and utensils, causing property damage estimated at 150 million won (fire department estimate).
There were no casualties in both farms.
Fire authorities and police are investigating the cause of the fires based on witness statements.