On the afternoon of March 23rd, a wind turbine in Gyeongbuk Province, South Korea caught fire suddenly during maintenance, with the flames rapidly spreading to the top. Due to the fire location being approximately 80 meters above ground and escape routes being cut off by the blaze, 3 contract maintenance workers on-site had no way to escape and tragically lost their lives. The Yeongdeok Wind Farm where the accident occurred has a total of 24 wind turbines and is South Korea's first commercial wind farm invested and built by the private sector, which began operations in March 2005. According to information from the North Gyeongbuk Fire Department and Yeongdeok County, a fire broke out in wind turbine No. 19 around 1:11 p.m. that afternoon. When the fire occurred, three maintenance workers were inside the wind turbine inspecting and repairing cracks in the blade area. The suspected ignition point was located in the blade center or nacelle section. The flames spread rapidly, causing 2 blades to be completely burned and fall, with lubricating oil leaking from the nacelle further fueling the fire. The deceased contract maintenance workers were Kim (42 years old), Moon (58 years old), and Chun (45 years old). One person was found at the lowest level of the generator at 2:34 p.m., showing no signs of life; the other 2 were found inside the fallen burned blades at 4:33 p.m., with severely charred remains. Video footage shot by nearby residents showed fierce flames at the top of the turbine, with burning debris occasionally falling and causing small-scale fires in the forest below. Emergency services, police, and forestry departments deployed over 10 helicopters, more than 50 fire-fighting vehicles, and hundreds of personnel to extinguish the fire and implement traffic control to prevent turbine blade debris from falling on people and the fire from spreading to nearby forests. The Yeongdeok Wind Farm has been operating for approximately 21 years, while wind turbine blades typically have a design lifespan of around 20 years, making the equipment relatively outdated. The wind farm is currently planning to demolish 10 old units and install new ones with larger capacity. Previously, on February 2nd, the wind farm's No. 21 unit experienced a tower collapse due to blade damage, forcing all turbines to shut down for safety inspections and repairs. Wind turbine No. 19, which caught fire in this incident, had the accident occur during its shutdown maintenance period. The wind farm underwent a safety diagnosis last June, which assessed the situation as "no abnormalities," but the succession of accidents has exposed gaps in aging equipment management and the safety inspection system. There are numerous similar aging wind turbines within South Korean territory, and this accident may accelerate the advancement of forced obsolescence and renovation policies for wind power equipment.