Chemical catastrophe: Fire at Yeongcheon plant injures three employees
Published: 03 Aug. 2025, 17:45
Updated: 03 Aug. 2025, 17:48
![A fire breaks out at a chemical manufacturing plant in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, on Aug. 3. According to the North Gyeongsang Fire Department, the blaze began around 12:43 p.m. at a cosmetics ingredient manufacturing facility in the Chaesin Industrial Complex in Geumho-eup. As of 3:30 p.m., one man had suffered severe burns to his face, and two others received minor injuries. One employee remains unaccounted for. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/08/03/10911e4b-3ba9-4cfd-8214-55c9a68e952a.jpg)
A fire breaks out at a chemical manufacturing plant in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, on Aug. 3. According to the North Gyeongsang Fire Department, the blaze began around 12:43 p.m. at a cosmetics ingredient manufacturing facility in the Chaesin Industrial Complex in Geumho-eup. As of 3:30 p.m., one man had suffered severe burns to his face, and two others received minor injuries. One employee remains unaccounted for. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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