Incheon Coupang Logistics Center Cited for 25 Fire Safety Violations This Year

It has been revealed that more than 20 violations were identified during a self-conducted fire safety inspection earlier this year at the Incheon Coupang logistics center, which recently suffered a major fire.
According to the Incheon Fire Department on July 21, a comprehensive precision inspection of fire safety facilities at the Coupang logistics center in Seoknam-dong, Seo-gu, conducted from February 23 to March 27, resulted in a total of 25 citations across four categories.
The violations by category included 3 in fire extinguishing systems, 13 in alarm systems, 3 in evacuation and rescue equipment, and 6 in other areas such as fire doors.
The inspection was carried out by a fire facility management company appointed by the building owner, and it was determined that the inspection covered six areas, including fire safety facilities.
On the sixth floor of the logistics center, which is presumed to be the origin of the recent fire, 3 violations were identified, including a detached connection in the fire detector piping, but these were classified as "very minor."
The building owner took corrective measures to address these issues and submitted a completion report to the local fire station on May 11.
A fire official stated, "It seems unreasonable to view the violations found in the previous inspection as the cause of this fire," adding, "We plan to conduct an investigation into the cause of the fire as soon as the extinguishing process is complete."
The fire broke out at the Coupang No. 32 logistics center in Seoknam-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon, at 6:54 a.m. on July 18 and was brought under control at 8:00 p.m. on July 20, 61 hours later.
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