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Fire breaks out at major tire plant in South Korea

September 30, 2014
A fire broke out at a Daejeon fire plant in South Korea Tuesday. (Yonhap)

A fire broke out at a Daejeon fire plant in South Korea Tuesday. (Yonhap)

DAEJEON, South Korea (Yonhap) — A fire of unknown origin engulfed a major tire-making plant in this provincial city on Tuesday, forcing residents living nearby to evacuate, firefighters said.

The blaze started at 8:55 p.m. at a plant run by Hankook Tire Co., the country’s top tiremaker in Daejeon, a major city in central South Korea about 160 kilometers south of Seoul, they said.