PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) — A fireplace broke out at a chemical storage warehouse in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Tuesday, nevertheless it was partially introduced beneath management, with no casualties reported thus far.
Fireplace authorities had been alerted to the blaze on the warehouse storing greater than 1.9 million liters of flammable chemical supplies in Pyeongtaek, some 60 kilometers south of Seoul, at 12:03 a.m. The fireplace promoted a nationwide firefighting mobilization order.
As the hearth got here beneath partial management, the native Gyeonggi Province hearth companies lowered the Degree 2 firefighting response it issued for the scene to a Degree 1 response at 5:16 a.m.
A Degree 2 response mobilizes as much as 80 firefighting autos, whereas a Degree 1 response deploys as much as 50.
Prime Minister Han Seong-sook ordered hearth authorities to totally mobilize all accessible personnel and tools to comprise the blaze and seek for doable victims, in keeping with her workplace.
The only-story construction contained greater than 100 varieties of hazardous supplies, together with flammable liquids.
Fireplace authorities plan to research the precise explanation for the blaze as soon as it’s absolutely introduced beneath management.
Firefighters arrive on the scene of a hearth at a chemical storage warehouse in Pyeongtaek, about 60 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 11, 2026, on this photograph offered by the Gyeonggi Province hearth service headquarters. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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