A blaze at a Coupang warehouse is brought under initial control in Incheon, late Monday afternoon. Yonhap
A massive blaze at a Coupang warehouse was brought under initial control Monday, 61 hours after it broke out and forced the evacuation of hundreds of nearby residents, firefighting authorities said.
The fire at the logistics center in Incheon, just west of Seoul, was declared under initial control at 8 p.m. by the Incheon firefighting headquarters, after 812 firefighters and 231 pieces of equipment had been mobilized as part of a national order issued Saturday.
While the complex building structure and vast amounts of flammable material inside had hampered firefighting efforts, authorities made progress on Monday, helped by rainfall.
No casualties have been reported.
