Around noon on January 20, a camper van caught fire on a beach parking lot in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province. According to sources, a 60-year-old man (the owner) sustained first-degree burns to his face. The vehicle was completely destroyed.
Twenty-five firefighters were deployed to extinguish the fire. One source reports a response time of 45 minutes, another about 50 minutes. The cause of the fire is under investigation.