Food manufacturing plant in Chungju, North Chungcheong Province...Emergency evacuation of some 20 people.

At around 1:40 p.m. today (6th), a fire broke out at a food manufacturing plant in Yonggwan-dong, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, and was extinguished in two and a half hours.

There were no casualties in the fire, but more than 20 employees inside the factory were evacuated and all of the factory was burned down.

Fire authorities are investigating the exact extent of the damage and the cause of the fire.