Early morning fire in Gunsan spreads across four factories
Published: 23 Sep. 2024, 11:45
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- KIM JEE-HEE
- [email protected]
![Fire spreads at a metal manufacturing factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla on Monday. The fire started at around 1:57 a.m. Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2024/09/23/3378132e-efba-4b6a-9229-4848a2c8e77c.jpg)
Fire spreads at a metal manufacturing factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla on Monday. The fire started at around 1:57 a.m. Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]
A fire broke out and spread across four factories in Gunsan, a port city in North Jeolla, early Monday morning.
According to fire authorities, the blaze started at around 1:57 a.m. at a metal manufacturing factory in an industrial complex in Gunsan. The fire then spread to three other nearby factories.
It took roughly 4 hours and 40 minutes to extinguish the fire. No casualties have been reported as of 11:18 a.m. on Monday.
Fire authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze.
![Firefighters extinguish the blaze which was spreading at a factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla, on Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2024/09/23/73e8c090-ca39-4ed5-b6d4-24ce0797dd96.jpg)
Firefighters extinguish the blaze which was spreading at a factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla, on Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]
![The aftermath as the fire is extinguished at a factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla, on Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2024/09/23/00812962-1f6f-4011-857b-527121aa41d5.jpg)
The aftermath as the fire is extinguished at a factory in Gunsan, North Jeolla, on Monday. [JEONBUK FIRE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS]
BY KIM JEE-HEE [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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