Fire Breaks Out at Hyundai Motor Battery R&D Center in Uiwang; Level 1 Response Issued

A fire broke out on the first floor of an eight-story next-generation battery research building at the Hyundai Motor research institute in Sam-dong, Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, at around 12:50 AM today (July 28).

Fire authorities, responding to a report from a person at the scene, issued a Level 1 response at around 1:20 AM to prevent the fire from spreading to the upper floors of the building, deploying some 30 pieces of equipment and over 110 personnel to extinguish the flames.

No injuries have been reported so far.

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the exact cause of the fire and the scale of the damage once the fire is fully put out.

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