Fire at chemical company in Ulsan extinguished after thousands evacuate; no casualties reported蔚山一家化工厂发生火灾，数千人撤离后火灾被扑灭；据报道无人员伤亡。
Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a blaze at a chemical manufacturing company in the southeastern city of Ulsan that forced thousands to evacu...
A fire at a chemical manufacturing company in Ulsan was extinguished Wednesday afternoon, about four hours after it began. The blaze forced 12 company workers and about 7,000 nearby construction workers to evacuate, with no casualties reported. It may have started while toluene was being transferred to drums before spreading to tanks containing hazardous materials. Police and fire authorities will investigate the cause.
The fire began at 9:41 a.m. and was fully extinguished at 1:50 p.m., according to the Ulsan Fire Headquarters.
Firefighters mobilized 201 personnel and 49 pieces of equipment to combat the blaze.
The storage tanks contained hazardous materials including acetone and ethanol.
The facility is about 310 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
Published Oct 14, 2026 12:23 pm KST
Updated Oct 14, 2026 3:36 pm KST
Black smoke rises from a blaze at a chemical manufacturing company in Ulsan, about 310 kilometers southeast of Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap
Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a blaze at a chemical manufacturing company in the southeastern city of Ulsan that forced thousands to evacuate, officials said, with no casualties reported.
The fire at the company facility in Ulsan, about 310 kilometers southeast of Seoul, was fully extinguished at 1:50 p.m. about four hours after it began at 9:41 a.m., according to the Ulsan Fire Headquarters.
No casualties have so far been reported from the blaze, which forced 12 company workers and about 7,000 workers at a nearby construction site to evacuate to safe locations.
The fire is believed to have erupted as toluene, a flammable material, was being transferred to drum containers. The blaze then spread to storage tanks containing various hazardous materials, including acetone and ethanol.
Fire authorities mobilized 201 personnel and 49 pieces of equipment to combat the blaze.
Police and fire authorities plan to investigate the exact cause of the blaze.
周三下午，蔚山一家化工厂发生火灾，约四小时后被扑灭。火灾迫使12名公司员工和附近约7000名建筑工人撤离，所幸无人伤亡。火灾可能是在甲苯被转移到桶中时引发的，随后蔓延至存放危险品的储罐。警方和消防部门将对起火原因展开调查。
据蔚山消防本部消息，火灾于上午 9 点 41 分开始，下午 1 点 50 分完全扑灭。
消防员调集了201名人员和49件设备扑灭大火。
储罐内含有丙酮和乙醇等危险物质。
该设施位于首尔东南方向约 310 公里处。
发布于2026年10月14日下午12:23（韩国标准时间）
更新于2026年10月14日下午3:36（韩国标准时间）
周三，位于首尔东南约310公里处的蔚山市一家化工厂发生火灾，浓烟滚滚升起。（韩联社）
官员称，周三，消防员扑灭了位于韩国东南部城市蔚山的一家化工厂的大火，这场大火迫使数千人撤离，但没有人员伤亡报告。
据蔚山消防本部消息，位于首尔东南约 310 公里蔚山的公司设施发生的火灾，在上午 9 点 41 分开始燃烧，大约 4 小时后，于下午 1 点 50 分被完全扑灭。
目前尚未有人员伤亡报告，火灾迫使该公司 12 名员工和附近建筑工地的约 7000 名工人撤离到安全地点。
据信，火灾起因是易燃物质甲苯被转移到桶装容器中。随后，火势蔓延至储存各种危险物质的储罐，包括丙酮和乙醇。
消防部门调集了201名人员和49件设备扑灭大火。
警方和消防部门计划调查火灾的确切原因。