Guri City Conducts Joint Fire Drill at Goguryeo Blacksmith Village

[Suwon Ilbo=Um In-yong Reporter] Guri City conducted a joint fire drill on the 13th at Goguryeo Blacksmith Village with participation from Guri Fire Department officials to protect cultural heritage in case of fire.

Goguryeo Blacksmith Village, which opened in 2008, is a Category 2 museum and a national-property-entrusted cultural heritage management institution, managing 648 items of Goguryeo relics excavated from Achasan Mountain (303 artifacts, 62 replicas, 118 photographs, 2 rubbings, 32 folk materials, and 131 reproductions).

This inspection was conducted as a follow-up measure to the fire that occurred at the National Hangul Museum in Yongsan-gu, Seoul on February 1st. The inspection focused on △mock drills for removing cultural heritage displayed in the exhibition halls in preparation for fires such as wildfires △on-site verification of fire vulnerability factors in the exhibition building and surrounding facilities △establishing countermeasures for fire prevention with related agencies.

Guri Mayor Baek Gyeong-hyun stated, "Going forward, through thorough and continuous inspections, we will do our utmost to protect precious cultural assets."