SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire broke out at a large marine products market in the central county of Seocheon and burned down 227 shops, but there were no human casualties, officials said Tuesday. The blaze erupted at 11:08 p.m. on Monday and firefighters put the major flames under control about two hours [...]
CHEONAN/UIJEONGBU, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bizarre incident that unfolded on the morning November 30, a 17-year-old high school sophomore residing in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, found himself at the center of attention when his iPhone 13 unexpectedly swelled up, emitting smoke. The incident, captured on video, quickly went viral on social media, amassing [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a number of highly-publicized electric vehicle (EV) fires, the actual number of incidents involving fires and explosions in EVs is actually lower than that among non-EVs, data showed Thursday. According to a data analysis conducted by the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI), the number of accidents caused by [...]
CHONAN, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology said Thursday its research team had developed a fire-extinguishing grenade using gas hydrate to help put out fires at hard-to-access sites in a fast and accurate manner. Gas hydrate is an ice-shaped material that contains gas molecules such as methane within water molecules. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it has developed new technology that prevents fires caused by electric arcs and signed an agreement with the Korea Electronics Technology Institute on Wednesday to jointly verify and standardize the technology. Arcs can be caused by partial severance of an electric cable, a loose [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of electric car fires continues to increase along with the prevalence of such vehicles, firefighters are looking for the optimal way to extinguish electric vehicle (EV) fires. The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters said it carried out experiments related to extinguishing electric car fires at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An experiment proved that the installation of fireproof screens in balconies can contribute to preventing the spread of fire at apartment buildings. The Korean Fire Protection Association, a statutory not-for-profit fire protection organization funded by Korean non-life insurance companies, conducted an experiment simulating a fire on the first floor. [...]
DAEJEON, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science announced on Wednesday that it had developed an intelligent fire detector that can signal a fire within 10 seconds of ignition. The detector can accurately sense even a small flame with a size of 3 centimeters, and sound an alarm or [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A 160-year-old pine tree engulfed by a forest fire in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province last March has miraculously survived after a series of procedures and injections. The tree, which is 6 meters tall and 284 centimeters in circumference, was placed under government protection in 1985. A forest fire left [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A fire broke out on a Hyundai Motor Co. electric bus, the latest in a series of accidents involving the company’s electric vehicles, but no one was hurt, authorities and company officials said Tuesday. The accident happened on Monday when the battery mounted on the bus roof caught fire [...]