09/12/2025
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09/12/2025
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SEOUL, Dec 9, (Xinhua): Two workers were injured on Tuesday in South Korea's thermal power plant fire accident, according to Yonhap news agency. It was reported to the fire authorities at around 2:43 p.m. local time (0543 GMT) that a fire broke out with explosion near the back gate of a thermal power plant in Taean, about 150 km southwest of the capital Seoul.
The fire authorities dispatched firefighters and equipment to extinguish the blaze. It was presumed that a gas explosion occurred on the first floor of the thermal power plant building. Two workers were transferred to the hospital after sustaining non-life-threatening burns. The fire authorities and police were checking for any additional casualties at the scene while workers evacuated the area.
