Today (21st), at 12 o'clock in the day, there was a statement that the fire started when an unknown explosion occurred in a truck on the 4th basement floor during the fire at the SLC Logistics Center in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, where 5 people were killed.

According to the fire department, loading frozen food into a freight car was in full swing on the 4th basement floor of the SLC Logistics Center located in Cheil-ri, Yangji-ri, Cheongin-gu, Yongin-si, which was on fire this morning.

Meanwhile, firemen said they received a statement from a field worker at the time when the fire suddenly came out with a boom and smoke spread.

The SLC Logistics Center, which is on fire, has a total floor area of ​​115,000㎡ on 4 stories above ground and 5 stories below.

E-mart and JOPNP are located on the ground floor, and Ottogi is located on the ground floor.

The 2nd basement floor is the shipping platform, and the 3rd and 4th basement floors are located at the low-temperature warehouse of Ottogi and JOPNP.

At that time, there were a total of 69 workers at the distribution center, and most were reportedly working on the 4th basement level.


Many of these were evacuated, but 5 were killed and 8 wounded.

One injured person is seriously injured.

All dead bodies were found on the fourth basement level.

Fire officials believe that a sudden explosion caused a fire to prevent workers from escaping the site.

The lowest level, the 5th basement level, is said to have been a machine room with no workers at the time.

In addition, when the fire broke out, the smoke soared rapidly, and it was difficult to escape to the first floor above the ground.

An official from the fire department said, "There is still a lot of smoke inside, so we are continuing our search for people."

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