Wildfires: social media users who cope with fire in different ways

It was social media users who moved more bravely than anyone in the wildfire disaster in the middle of the night. They coped with forest fires in a variety of ways.

On the 4th, Gangwon-do Sokcho started at 7 pm. During the dry season, the 'Yang Yangji Wind', which was blowing in the Gangwon Province area, ran into a large forest fire in an instant.

As of today, one person has been killed by forest fires in Gangwon Province, and about 250ha of forests and 125 houses have been damaged.

During the 4th day, wildfires occurred simultaneously in Ulsan, Asan and Busan Haeundae, as well as Goseong and Sokcho in Gangwon province, resulting in a great danger.

The 14-year national disaster has caused the high-mountain forest fire to slowly catch up.
At 9 am on May 5, a national disaster was declared in Gangwon Province. The government has put all its military forces into full force in suppressing the fire.

Social media responded to the forest fires faster than anyone else.

Some users reported wildfire information faster than the press, and others reached out to help those who were victimized by the warfare faster than the government.

Here's an introduction to how people have used social media to help minimize the impact of wildfires on their own.

Awareness of wildfires in social media
At the early stage of the forest fires, it was not easy to predict whether the situation would get worse. I heard only that the fire was spreading.

It was the pictures that were uploaded to social media by all means that helped people to become aware of this wildfire.

Photographs and images taken directly by residents near the scene of the disaster captured vivid images of forest fire.

The fierce flames of the sky, which illuminated the night sky beyond the building, quickly spread to Twitter and Facebook.

People were alerted to the fire situation in real-time in specific areas.

Internet One-person Broadcast Platform In Africa TV, BJs who showed live fire scenes on the scene were appeared.

They traveled from Gosung and Sokcho in a car to tell the story of how wildfires spread and how they are evolving. Some internet broadcasting was near the forest fire scene, but it was getting more attention from the viewers by transmitting the scene image more quickly than the broadcasting company.

'I am frustrated and I make it.'
There was also a protagonist who went to the trouble of direct labor for the residents of the forest fire area.

Namwolm summarized the forest fire shelters in Gangwon Province . Google Maps was used to improve readability.

During the disaster, more than 20 shelters were found for people who needed a place to evacuate.

"I was not able to provide easy-to-read information in the country or the media, and I felt that anxiety increased as the number of misinformation increased," said Nam Woo-Bum, a BBC representative. I thought it would not help. "

The map of the shelter made by Mr. Nam-boom was littered about 1000 times on Twitter and helped residents of the area affected by the forest fire.

Find a family
The number of people suddenly escaping from large-scale forest fires increased, and communication was often cut off.

People who were in great anxiety were immediately attracted to social media. I have not been contacted by my family and relatives in the forest fire area. There have been a lot of articles explaining the names, impressions, etc.

Twitter 'Sokcho People Search' is an easy-to-read image file that collects urgent posts posted on various communities and social media.

There was also a case where I found my family because of 'Sokcho people'.

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  Some people said they would give a helping hand in social media.

Several social media users, who stay safe and not too far away from the forest fire scene, kick their hands and feet.

They have opened their contacts, saying that they will provide cars and accommodation free of charge to those in need.