'About 30 Ashes' Joint Inspection of Fire at Incheon Factory

Police, Fire Protection, National Forensic Service, Incheon Factory Fire Joint Identification

Police confirm the initial ignition point...Fire Cause Intensive Investigation

Fire at the manufacturing plant in Wanggil-dong, Incheon, at around 8:40 a.m. yesterday morning

Fire Department, second stage of response...Completely exhausted in 11 hours.

[Anchor]
Yesterday (20), a big fire broke out at an industrial machine manufacturing plant in Wanggil-dong, Incheon, and more than 30 factories burned to nearby factories.

The police went on a joint inspection to determine the cause of the fire.

I'll connect you to a reporter. Reporter Yoon Woong Sung!

The investigation into the cause of the fire has begun in earnest, right?

[Reporter]
The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency's Scientific Investigation Team has been conducting a joint inspection at the fire site of the factory in Wanggil-dong, Incheon, with about 10 officials, including the National Forensic Service, since 10:30 a.m. just a while ago.

Police plan to focus on the cause of the fire at the industrial machine manufacturing plant where the fire first started and how it spread to the surrounding area.

Earlier, a fire broke out at a machine manufacturing plant in Wanggil-dong Industrial Complex, Incheon, at around 8:40 a.m. yesterday (20th).

Fire authorities issued the first stage of response in which all personnel and equipment from the competent fire department were dispatched within 30 minutes of the fire, and raised it to the second stage in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

Although all the lights were extinguished in 11 hours, more than 30 factories and 70 buildings were burned to ashes as the fire spread with strong winds.

The damage is believed to have increased because factories are attached to industrial complexes and most of them are easily burned, such as sandwich panels.

As most of the factories that caught fire are burned down, there are many cases where factory equipment and materials have not been recovered, so the damage to the owners is severe.

At the time of the accident, the fire was strong and smoke spread far away, causing damage to nearby residents.

More than 90 residents were evacuated, and fortunately, no casualties occurred.

The Seo-gu Office of Incheon plans to operate the Disaster Integration Support Headquarters and support the recovery of corporate damage.

We will inform you as soon as the results of the joint inspection, such as the specific cause of the fire, come out.

I'm YTN Yoon Woong Sung.