At 10:56 am today, a fire broke out at the Samsung Electronics semiconductor construction site in Banwol-dong, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do.

Fire broke out from the rooftop cooling tower on the third floor and 19 construction workers were evacuated and no one was injured.

The fire evolved in about 30 minutes, and one of the four cooling towers burned.

Police and firefighters are investigating the exact cause of the fire based on a statement that they were welding at the time of the fire.