A fire broke out around 3:25 PM on the 21st at a bag manufacturing factory in Howon-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province, and firefighters are conducting extinguishing operations. A fire broke out around 3:25 PM on the 21st at a bag manufacturing factory in Howon-dong, Uijeongbu-si, Gyeonggi Province.
The dispatched firefighters are conducting extinguishing operations with 30 pieces of equipment and over 70 personnel, and the major flames have currently been brought under control.
At the time of the fire, there were two workers in the factory, and during the evacuation, a female worker in her 50s sustained burns on her right arm.
The fire department is investigating the exact cause of the fire and the extent of the damage.
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