Overview
- Fire broke out around 5:23 p.m. Monday in a fifth-floor unit in Gwangyang, South Jeolla, trapping three girls under five.
- A mother in her 40s, blocked by smoke and flames at the door, went to the sixth floor and climbed down the exterior through a balcony to reach her children.
- She sheltered the children until firefighters arrived, and a ladder truck was used to complete the rescue.
- Roughly 10 vehicles and 30 personnel responded, and the blaze was reported fully extinguished by about 6:18 p.m.
- All four were treated for minor smoke inhalation and discharged, and fire authorities emphasized that facade-climbing is extremely dangerous and rarely successful for civilians.