Fire at Pyeongtaek Hazardous Materials Storage Warehouse Completely Extinguished After Over 21 Hours... No Casualties

A fire that broke out at a large hazardous materials storage warehouse in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, has been completely extinguished after about 21 hours following all-out response efforts by fire authorities.

According to the Gyeonggi Provincial Fire and Disaster Headquarters, the fire broke out at 12:03 AM yesterday (August 11) at a 1-story warehouse building with a total floor area of 937 square meters, among seven buildings within the PJK Pyeongtaek Center located in Tojin-ri, Cheongbuk-eup, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi Province.

This warehouse is a facility permitted to store a total of 1.91 million liters of hazardous materials, including about 100 types of Class 4 hazardous materials (such as special flammable substances and petroleum) and general chemical substances.

Concerned about the fire spreading due to the chemical substances, fire authorities issued a Level 1 response at 1:32 AM, 1 hour and 20 minutes after the fire broke out, and subsequently upgraded it to a Level 2 response at 2:40 AM.

As the situation did not improve, fire authorities issued a national firefighting mobilization order at 3:39 AM.

A national firefighting mobilization order is issued by the head of the National Fire Agency when it is difficult to respond with the firefighting capabilities of a specific city or province alone, or when mobilization of national-level firefighting capabilities is necessary.

As the flames were subsequently brought under control, fire authorities declared the initial fire containment at 9:08 AM.

Fire authorities lifted the national firefighting mobilization order at around 11:00 AM, and completely extinguished the fire at 9:17 PM after finishing follow-up operations such as dousing remaining sparks.

It was confirmed that there were no casualties.

Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the cause of the fire and the scale of the damage.

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