Fire Extinguished at Incheon Molding Product Factory... No Casualties Reported

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] A large fire broke out at a molding product manufacturing factory in Incheon, prompting the fire authorities to issue an alert, and the flames were brought under control after about two hours.

According to the Incheon Fire Headquarters on the 24th, the fire occurred at around 3:19 PM at a molding product specialized factory in Daegok-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon.

The fire burned a two-story factory building (406.2㎡) made of sandwich panels, and then spread to nearby areas, damaging two mask manufacturing factory buildings and one kitchenware manufacturing factory building. There were 16 workers in the four factory buildings, but all evacuated safely, resulting in no casualties.

The black smoke rising immediately after the fire was visible even in nearby Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, and 39 reports were received at the Incheon Fire Headquarters situation room.

A witness reported to 119, saying, "There is a fire on the first floor of the factory building, and black smoke is rising."

The fire authorities initially stated that the factory on fire was a sponge manufacturing company, but it was confirmed to be a molding product specialized company.

The fire authorities issued a Level 1 response at around 3:49 PM, and as the fire grew, they issued a Level 2 response at around 3:58 PM. Level 1 response involves dispatching all personnel from the jurisdictional fire station, while Level 2 response is an alert that mobilizes personnel and equipment from 5 to 6 neighboring fire stations.

The fire authorities brought the large flames under control and completed initial extinguishing at around 5:38 PM, 2 hours and 19 minutes after the fire started, and subsequently lifted all response levels.

A fire official said, "There were no casualties because the workers evacuated quickly," but added, "Although the initial extinguishing was done, it is expected to take more time to clean up the remaining embers."

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