Workers at a South Korean semiconductor factory operated by SK Hynix were impacted by a fluorine gas leak at the site.
Citing a fire official, Yonhap News Agency reported that 3,600 employees were evacuated following a gas leak, which occurred after a fire broke out at the facility.
SK Hynix Cheongju campus – SK Hynix
The fire has since been contained, and seven workers were taken to a hospital affiliated with the company after complaining of irritation to the eyes, the report added.
Per the Yonhap report, the incident began at 10.32am local time in a sixth-floor gas room at the company's Cheongju 4 Campus. Sprinklers immediately extinguished the fire, the report said, but hydrogen fluoride spread inside the enclosed room.
