On the 28th, a fire broke out at the S-Oil Ulsan Onsan plant, and the major fire was extinguished after about three hours.
The fire authorities announced that at 8:04 a.m. that day, the fire was initially controlled and the response level was downgraded to Level 1.
Earlier, a report of the fire was received at 4:47 a.m., and firefighters were dispatched within 11 minutes. The fire department issued a Level 1 response at 4:58 a.m., then escalated it to Level 2 at 5:21 a.m. to carry out firefighting operations.
The fire authorities stated that cooling water is currently being sprayed and there are no flames. So far, there have been no casualties.
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