SEOUL — A trash balloon from North Korea landed on the rooftop of a Seoul building and caused a fire, a local fire department said on Monday, among thousands of balloons Pyongyang has sent southward this year, sparking a tit-for-tat propaganda campaign.
'At 9:04 p.m. on Sunday, a fire broke out on the rooftop of a four-story commercial building in the Western district of Seoul ,' Seoul 's Gangseo Fire Station said in a statement.The fire was extinguished in 18 minutes, and 15 fire trucks and 56 personnel were deployed, said the fire department, adding that there were no casualties.Military and police authorities collected the balloon, which was being investigated.
Timer devices on trash balloons caused fires earlier this month, with one near an airport and another at a storage unit.'Some North Korean trash balloons have thermal timers that could potentially cause fires if they don't separate properly when the heating wire is activated, which acts to detach the balloon from its load,' JCS spokesman Lee Chang-hyun told reporters.
Trash Balloon Causes Fire On Seoul Building
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