{"id":47000,"date":"2020-11-18T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T05:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=47000"},"modified":"2020-11-18T14:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T05:18:41","slug":"fire-broke-out-recently-near-north-korea-missile-base-dongchang-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/fire-broke-out-recently-near-north-korea-missile-base-dongchang-village\/","title":{"rendered":"A fire broke out recently near N. Korea&#8217;s missile base in Dongchang Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A forest fire that broke out near North Korea\u2019s missile base in Dongchang Village, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, on Nov. 10 incinerated a hillside and forced local villagers to evacuate, a military source in the country told Daily NK yesterday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTrees planted eight years ago as well as ones planted last year were reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye,\u201d said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. \u201cEven cadres from the forestry policy oversight bureau were dispatched from Pyongyang to determine the cause of the blaze.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea recently made the prevention of forest fires a major national focus. In fact, Rodong Sinmun reported on Nov. 11 that \u201cthe work for forest conservation and prevention of forest fire has turned into the all-people patriotic one [sic].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, during a State Affairs Commission meeting in April, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un created a new bureau to manage forestry policy, displaying a willingness to set forestation policy himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNaturally, with all the trees on the mountain burning in the fire, people have been put on emergency alert,\u201d said the source. \u201cThe relevant cadres have had to run around desperately to escape responsibility for botching a major national effort [to prevent forest fires].\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source pointed out that Cholsan County is home to North Korea\u2019s No. 2 Missile Launch Site and testing facility, along with major air force bases, so local party, government and military organizations fully mobilized themselves to put out the blaze.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnits of the Eighth Corps in North Pyongan Province and officials from the provincial Ministry of State Security and Ministry of Social Security went into a state of emergency,\u201d said the source. \u201cSoldiers from nearby bases and helicopters from Cholsan Air Force Base were mobilized and put out the blaze within three hours.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42053\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Trucks on bridge\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Trucks-on-Bridge-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A North Korean truck crossing over a bridge in North Pyongan Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local residents were also mass-mobilized to beat back the fire. \u201cA vehicle with a loudspeaker began broadcasting in Cholsan on the night of Nov. 10, and then the authorities began encouraging all residents in the county to take active part in putting out the fire on local TV,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some are speculating that those responsible for the fire will pay with their lives \u201cregardless of whether the blaze was intentional or a mistake,\u201d and that the failure to properly manage a forest fire so close to an important national facility \u201cwould also become a big issue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, authorities have yet to complete their investigation into the fire, and no one has been punished yet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many believe that the fire was the responsibility of more than just a handful of people, and that it is likely the culprits will be quietly dealt with in secret rather than publicly, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rumors about the fire are already spreading, however. Given that so many people know the fire occurred, it is next to impossible for the authorities to halt the spread of gossip, the source pointed out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince the rocket [missile] base wasn\u2019t damaged, the leadership could conclude the matter by punishing the main culprit[s] and a high-ranking cadre,\u201d the source said. \u201cBut it\u2019s also fully possible that stern punishment will be handed down [to other people as well] since a facility the state regards as important could have been destroyed due to a single mistake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EB%8F%99%EC%B0%BD%EB%A6%AC-%EB%AF%B8%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%BC-%EB%B0%9C%EC%82%AC%EA%B8%B0%EC%A7%80-%EC%9D%B8%EA%B7%BC-%EC%82%B0%EB%B6%88-%EB%B9%84%EC%83%81-%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%B0%ED%97%AC\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forest fire that broke out near North Korea\u2019s missile base in Dongchang Village, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, on Nov. 10 incinerated a hillside and forced local villagers to evacuate, a military source in the country told Daily NK yesterday.\u00a0 \u201cTrees planted eight years ago as well as ones planted last year were reduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":47001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[696],"class_list":["post-47000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-north-pyongan-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A fire broke out recently near N. 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