”Black smoke coming from the floor above the pool”... The moment an evacuee reported an imminent disaster = Korean media

A fire broke out at a shopping complex in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, but thanks to the swift rescue efforts of the fire department and the orderly evacuation of citizens, no major casualties were reported.
According to the Gyeonggi Provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters, a fire broke out at around 4:37 pm on the 3rd at the BYC shopping complex in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si. The fire started in the kitchen of a restaurant on the first floor of the building.
The fire spread through the exhaust duct. The building, which has five basement floors and eight above ground, is home to a variety of facilities, including restaurants, shops, a pool, and a parking lot.
It was understood that more than 300 people were in the building at the time of the fire, which was a busy and busy place with many customers. Fortunately, there were no major casualties, but at the time of the fire, there was a tense situation with people waiting for rescue.
According to Yonhap News, Kim, a woman in her 40s who works as an assistant instructor at the pool on the basement floor where the fire broke out, heard someone scream "Fire" at around 4:30 p.m.
In response, Kim let the children out of the pool and ran blindly to the emergency stairs. However, by the time dozens of pool users had descended the stairs, they had already seen a large fire in front of them.
The smoke was so thick it was hard to see, making it difficult to escape. "Most people ran to the emergency stairs wearing only light clothing, without even having time to change into their swimsuits," Kim said.
"Black smoke was pouring down from the third floor, so we headed downstairs," he said. After evacuating the pool, they took refuge in the car park on the third basement floor, where they were rescued by firefighters.
Kim said, "There were a lot of people, including children, gathered in a closed pool, so I was worried that many lives would be lost, but no one was seriously injured.
"I heard that not a single person was there. I'm really grateful," he said. At the same time, many people who were on the ground floor of the same building escaped to the rooftop and were saved.
(35) As soon as the fire alarm went off, he notified his colleagues about the fire and they all evacuated to the roof using the emergency stairs.
"I ran up the stairs together with other workers from the contractors who were working there," he said. "We waited on the roof for about several minutes before firefighters came to rescue us, and we took refuge on the emergency stairs."