SEOUL, Dec 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two workers were injured today, in South Korea’s thermal power plant fire accident.
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 south-west 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.– NNN-YONHAP