SEOUL: At least three firefighters and a public servant have been killed in a wildfire in South Korea, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in southeastern regions, authorities said on Saturday (Mar 22). The fire, which began in…
Power bank likely caused S Korea plane fire – investigators
A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities. The Air Busan plane caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in the country’s south on 28 January…
At least 6 killed in fire at South Korean hotel construction site
At least six people have been killed in a fire at a hotel construction site in South Korea’s port city of Busan, where firefighters are still assessing damages. The fire broke out around mid-morning on Friday and appears to have…
South Korea plane fire causes mass evacuation
An Airbus plane has caught fire at an airport of South Korea’s city of Busan, forcing the evacuation of all 176 people on board, fire authorities say. They say four people were injured as they were escaping the Air Busan…
Two die jumping to escape fire after air mattress fails
Seven people were killed and a dozen injured after a fire broke out at a hotel in the South Korean city of Bucheon. Two people died after jumping out the windows onto an air mattress provided by the fire department,…
1 dead, 21 ‘unaccounted for’ in South Korea battery plant fire
SEOUL: A major fire broke out at a South Korean lithium battery factory on Monday (Jun 24), authorities said, with one person confirmed dead and 21 others unaccounted for as the blaze continued to rage. The lithium battery plant is…
South Korea flood death toll rises to 39, President Yoon blames botched response
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday (Jul 17) blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain grew to 39, including a dozen people found dead in a submerged underpass. The rains have…
South Korean miners survive nine days underground on coffee
Two miners who spent nine days trapped in a collapsed South Korean zinc mine living on instant coffee powder have been rescued. The men, aged 62 and 56, are believed to have kept warm by lighting a fire and building…
Fire in shopping mall in South Korean city leaves seven dead
A fire broke out at the basement of a shopping mall in the South Korean city of Daejeon on Monday (26 Sep), killing at least seven people, officials said. Firefighters were continuing to search for survivors after putting out the…
Blast at South Korean oil refinery kills one worker, injures nine
One person died in a blast at South Korea’s S-Oil Corp’s Onsan refinery in Ulsan, and nine others were injured late on Thursday night, an Ulsan Fire Department official said on Friday (20 May). S-Oil is the country’s third-largest refiner,…
Firefighters battle ‘severe’ South Korean wildfire
South Korea deployed thousands of firefighters and issued its highest fire hazard warning on Saturday, 5 March as a large wildfire torn through the country’s eastern coastal region. About 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as the fire,…
South Korea orders workers off petrochemical plant after blast kills four
South Korean authorities have ordered workers off one of petrochemical company Yeochun NCC’s (YNCC) naphtha crackers in the city of Yeosu after a blast killed four people and injured four. The incident at YNCC’s third plant in Yeosu comes as…
Typhoon Haishen heads towards South Korea after battering Japan
Destructive Typhoon Haishen moved towards South Korea on Monday (Sept 7) after slamming southern Japan with record winds and heavy rain that prompted evacuation warnings for millions. Japan’s southern Kyushu island took the brunt of Haishen although, initial assessments suggested…
Warehouse fire claims 38 in South Korea
A fire in a warehouse in South Korea killed 38 people and left another 10 injured on Wednesday (Apr 29), according to reports. The fire was in an unfinished four-storey building in Icheon, 80 kilometres southeast of Seoul, it spread…
Two locals killed and foreign athletes among injured in South Korea balcony collapse
An upper floor of a nightclub collapsed on top of dancing revelers in South Korea, killing two South Koreans and injuring several foreign water polo athletes competing at the World Aquatics Championships. South Korean news agency Yonhap said authorities had…
South Korea Declares National Disaster as Winds Fan Giant Wildfire
A massive wildfire swept across South Korea on Friday 5 April, leading authorities to declare a rare national disaster and the deployment of 900 fire engines and tens of thousands of personnel to bring it under control. The blaze broke…
One Killed, Two Injured in South Korea Firefighting Helicopter Crash
Channel News Asia has reported that a South Korean firefighting helicopter crashed into a river in Seoul on Saturday (Dec 1), killing one and injuring two others on board, rescue authorities said. The chopper was hovering over the Han River…
Firefighters called to hot air balloon crash in South Korea
The pilot of a hot air balloon was killed, and 12 tourists injured on Thursday 12 April after it crashed on an island in South Korea. The aircraft, which took off at about 7:40 a.m. local time (2240 GMT Wednesday) from an…
A fire in a South Korean Hospital has left at least 37 dead and more than 70 injured
37 people have been killed and over 70 injured, some critically after a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The fire at the Sejong Hospital is the worst for South Korea in terms of fatalities in the last ten…
South Korea hit by second largest quake in history
South Korea was hit by a rare earthquake which struck South Korea’s southeast on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov 15. Reaching a magnitude of 5.4-magnitude, it was the second most powerful quake on record in a country that seldom experiences significant…
Four killed in South Korean shopping centre fire on Saturday
Police suspect oxygen cutting equipment used during welding work may have caused the blaze that killed four people and injured more than 40 others in a shopping centre fire. Saturday’s fire started at a 264-square-meter indoor amusement park for kids…
Rolling decontamination lines
Rosenbauer is supplying high-end decontamination vehicles to South Korea Multifunctional trucks for fire and decon operations Foam extinguishing technology with DIGIMATIC and CAFS Cleaning technology for rough and fine decontamination The vehicle combination that Rosenbauer has manufactured in triplicate for…