SEOUL, December 24 (AJP) - A brief smoke incident was quickly contained at Samsung Electronics’ Hwaseong plant on Wednesday, with no injuries or impact on production, the company said.
Local fire authorities received a report at 10:01 a.m. that smoke was detected in a research building, caused by carbonization in a pump unit. Samsung’s onsite emergency team extinguished the source within about 10 minutes before firefighters arrived.
Around 120 employees evacuated in accordance with safety guidance, while fire crews deployed more than 30 vehicles and 80 personnel to conduct ventilation as a precaution.
Samsung officials said the smoke originated from carbonization inside a pump unit, but the issue was contained immediately. The company noted that operations were unaffected and no injuries occurred.
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