One Dead in Fire at Hwaseong Waste Disposal Company Site (Comprehensive)

One person died at the fire scene at a waste disposal company in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi Province.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 25th at around 2:35 PM that Mr. A was found dead at the fire scene of a waste disposal company located in Gumuncheon-ri, Hyangnam-eup, Hwaseong-si.

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The fire authorities conducted firefighting and search operations for the missing person and found Mr. A deceased at the scene.

A fire official stated, "At the time of the initial report, the company representative said that all workers had evacuated, but later a report came in that one person was missing."

The fire reportedly started at 11:12 AM earlier that day in the waste yard of the company. The fire authorities raised the response level to Level 2 at 11:35 AM and began firefighting efforts, then lowered the response level to Level 1 at 1:32 PM, about 2 hours and 20 minutes after the fire started.

Due to the fire, from around noon, a 2 km section of both directions of the Seohaean Expressway near the Hyangnam Rest Area was completely closed, causing severe traffic congestion.

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