Fire Breaks Out with a 'Pung' Sound in a Laboratory at Chosun University Dental School in Gwangju... No Casualties Reported

A fire broke out at around 6:14 a.m. on the 23rd in a research room on the 2nd floor of the Dental College at Chosun University in Gwangju. Photo by Gwangju Dongbu Fire Station

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] A fire of unknown cause broke out in the research laboratory of the College of Dentistry at Chosun University in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

According to the Gwangju Dongbu Fire Station and Dongbu Police Station on the 23rd, at around 6:14 a.m., a report was received that a fire had broken out with a 'bang' sound in a second-floor research laboratory of the College of Dentistry at Chosun University in Seoseok-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju.

The fire authorities deployed 14 vehicles and 50 personnel and extinguished the flames about 15 minutes after the fire broke out.

There were no reported casualties.

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

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