A fire erupted at a car parts factory in Daejeon, South Korea, causing injuries to around 50 individuals, with 35 sustaining severe wounds. The incident occurred at approximately 1:17 p.m., leading the National Fire Agency to issue a national firefighting mobilization order due to the fire’s extensive scale.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok issued urgent directives to the interior ministry and fire agency to deploy all available resources for rescue operations and fire suppression. Additionally, he instructed the Daejeon metropolitan government and police to enforce traffic control and evacuation procedures to prevent further harm, as reported by Yonhap news agency.
On a previous occasion, a fire had broken out in a seven-story building in Seoul’s Sogong-dong area, resulting in 10 injuries. The fire, suspected to have originated in a guesthouse on the third floor around 6:10 p.m., left two individuals severely injured and eight with minor wounds, including foreign nationals. Fire authorities had activated a Level 1 emergency response during the incident.
In another incident on February 10, a fire ensued following an oil tank explosion in Gyeongsan, southeastern South Korea. The fire, located about 250 km southeast of Seoul, started with an explosion on the oil storage cover but later subsided, with visible smoke emanating from the site. Fortunately, no casualties were reported during the initial emergency response.
