Fire at Gyeongbuk Chilgok Agricultural Cooperative Factory... No Casualties Reported

Fire at the agricultural cooperative corporation factory in Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk. (Photo by Chilgok Fire Station)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Ju Cheol-in] At around 8:44 PM on the 12th, a fire of unknown cause broke out at an agricultural cooperative factory in Dongmyeong-myeon, Chilgok-gun, Gyeongbuk.

The fire department issued a 'Response Level 1' alert and deployed 37 pieces of equipment and 241 personnel, extinguishing the fire after about three hours.

Out of the four factory buildings, two were completely burned down. Vegetable packaging machines and an area of about 2,000 square meters inside the factory were destroyed by the fire.

There were no reported casualties. The fire department deployed 37 pieces of equipment including pump trucks and about 240 personnel including firefighters and volunteer firefighters to carry out firefighting operations, bringing the fire under control around midnight on the 13th.

Earlier, the fire department issued a 'Response Level 1' alert, which calls for the entire personnel of the jurisdictional fire station to be dispatched.

The police and fire authorities are investigating the extent of the damage and the cause of the fire.

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