Fire at Yangsan Dental Equipment Manufacturing Plant... Property Damage of 87.5 Million Won

Firefighters are extinguishing a fire at a factory.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters]

A fire broke out at a dental equipment manufacturing factory in Sangbuk-myeon, Yangsan-si, Gyeongnam, burning the entire second floor before being extinguished.

According to the Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters on the 3rd, a security company employee reported the fire at around 9:44 p.m. on the 2nd.

The fire burned internal cutting machines, cutting oil, and cutting materials, and was fully extinguished by the responding firefighters at around 11:29 p.m. that night.

There were no casualties as no one was inside the factory at the time of the fire, but the entire second floor of the factory was burned, causing an estimated property damage of about 87.5 million won according to the fire department.

A total of 53 personnel were deployed at the scene, including 42 firefighters, 9 police officers, and 2 Korea Electric Power Corporation employees, with 20 pieces of equipment such as water tanks and fire trucks mobilized.

The police and fire authorities believe the fire started on the second floor of the factory building and plan to investigate the exact cause of the fire.

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