Fires reported at Posco steel plant in Pohang
Published: 06 Sep. 2022, 08:28
Updated: 06 Sep. 2022, 09:09
![Fires were reported at the Posco steel plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A company spokesperson says that the flames visible in images of the plant are not from the fire, but from the burning of coke oven gas as part of normal operations. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/06/1b015642-c000-4d4e-9613-f102eb1ad0ce.jpg)
Fires were reported at the Posco steel plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A company spokesperson says that the flames visible in images of the plant are not from the fire, but from the burning of coke oven gas as part of normal operations. [NEWS1]
Multiple fires were reported at the Posco steel plant in Pohang, North Gyeongsang on Tuesday.
According to Pohang Nam-bu Fire Station, the fires were reported at around 7:30 a.m.
Local residents and employees reported seeing black smoke and hearing loud noises from the plant, where a series of fires appeared to simultaneously break out in different parts of the complex.
A company spokesperson confirmed there were fires at two different facilities in the Pohang plant and the company is "currently investigating the extent of the damage and the cause of the accident."
The spokesperson added that images of the plant from Tuesday morning do not show the reported fires, but flames and smoke from the burning of coke oven gas as part of regular plant operations.
BY JIM BULLEY AND KIM JEE-HEE [jim.bulley@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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