Three Firefighters Injured in Bucheon Factory Fire... One in Cardiac Arrest (Update)

A fire broke out on the morning of the 16th at a metal parts painting factory in Nae-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, and firefighters are working to extinguish it. Yonhap News Agency.

Three firefighters were injured in a fire at a factory in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province. One of them was taken to a hospital in cardiac arrest.

According to the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, a fire broke out at around 8:38 a.m. on the 16th at a four-story metal-parts painting factory in Nae-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon. Two firefighters involved in the firefighting effort were temporarily trapped but were rescued.

One of the rescued firefighters was taken to a hospital by 119 paramedics in cardiac arrest. The other firefighter was also seriously injured and taken to a hospital. Another firefighter sustained minor injuries while fighting the fire, and two factory employees were also reported injured.

Fire authorities issued a Level 1 response at around 8:57 a.m. and raised it to Level 2 at around 9:09 a.m.

They later lowered the response to Level 1 at around 10:08 a.m. and brought the main blaze under control at around 10:22 a.m., about two hours after the fire broke out.

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