A Big Fire – level 3

16-10-2020 07:00

A massive fire engulfed a 33-floor residential building in Ulsan, South Korea, and it forced hundreds of people to evacuate.

The blaze is believed to started on the 12th floor before quickly spreading to the top floor. Firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze, and emergency workers rescued 77 people who had escaped to the roof and other spaces. Authorities said that 88 people had been treated for minor injuries such as lightly inhaling smoke; however, there were no immediate reports of death or serious injuries.

Officials are investigating the cause of the fire, which was put out nearly ten hours after it broke out.

Difficult words: engulf (to cover something and destroy it), deploy (to bring into action), tackle (to deal with something).

You can watch the video news lower on this page.

What do you think about this news?

LEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS

News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.

How to improve your English with News in Levels: 

Test

  1. Do the test at Test Languages.
  2. Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.

Reading

  1. Read two news articles every day.
  2. Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.

Listening

  1. Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
  2. Listen to the news from today without reading the text.

Writing

  1. Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.

Speaking

  1. Choose one person from the Skype section.
  2. Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.

 

Stock images by Depositphotos