Mar 24, 2026 Dogeon Lim www.koreatimes.co.kr On the afternoon of March 23, a tragic incident occurred when a fire erupted in the wing section of Wind Generator No. 19 in Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk Province, resulting in the deaths of three workers. The fire also spread to a nearby hillside. The wind generator where the fire occurred was an aging facility that had been in operation for more than 20 years. On the second-to-last day of last month, a pillar of a wind power generator at