2nd National Fire Mobilization Order Issued for Ulju Factory Fire... "No Casualties Reported"

The National Fire Agency announced that it has issued a second national fire mobilization order to respond to a fire that broke out at a chemical manufacturing plant in Onsan-eup, Ulju-gun, Ulsan.

Accordingly, a total of three recovery support vehicles—one each from Busan, Daegu, and Gyeongsangnam-do—will be additionally mobilized, and the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters will deploy a high-capacity radiation extinguishing system.

The fire authorities received a report of a fire at the plant at around 9:41 a.m. today (the 14th), arrived at the scene within 6 minutes, and began firefighting operations.


Subsequently, as concerns grew that the fire might spread to nearby factories, Level 1 response was issued at around 10:04 a.m., followed by the first national fire mobilization order at 10:17 a.m., mobilizing a total of nine firefighting vehicles from Busan, Daegu, and Gyeongsangnam-do, including eight high-performance chemical vehicles and one unmanned water-discharge vehicle.

According to the authorities, no casualties have been confirmed so far, and all 13 people who remained inside the factory at the time of the fire have successfully evacuated.

The authorities plan to investigate the exact cause of the fire and the scale of the damage once the fire is extinguished.

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