A big fire at the Suwon plant... and smoke rises with a bang.

[Anchor]
A fire broke out at an electronics manufacturing plant in Wonwon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon at around 9:30 a.m. today, and a big fire was extinguished in about three hours.

All 70 workers have been evacuated, and no one has been injured so far.

I'll connect you with a reporter to find out more about the news. Reporter Bae Minhyuk!

The fire's out now?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is.

The fire department said it had put out a large blaze at around 12:30 p.m. today and had also lifted the emergency response phase.

If you look at the YTN report video, you can see how serious the situation was at the time of the fire.

Black smoke is constantly billowing over the factory roof, and it can be seen from a distance.

The informant who witnessed the fire said he heard something like it was going off.

Let's listen to the story firsthand.

[Fire Witness: It sounded very loud like a cannon when shooting. As the window broke, flames came out, explosions were heard, and the windows were splattered with fragments.

The fire broke out at the factory in Wonwon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, around 9:30 a.m. today.A fire broke out at an electronics manufacturing plant on the first basement floor of

and the fourth floor above the ground.

As soon as the fire department received the report, the fire department was dispatched and the first stage of response was issued to mobilize all the personnel and equipment of the competent fire department.

The fire department explained that 3 out of 30 capacitor manufacturing machines appear to have caught fire.

When flames were seen in the machine, the factory worker tried to extinguish the fire with an indoor fire hydrant, but it was found that the fire was not contained and evacuated.

All 70 employees in the factory were evacuated, and no one has been injured so far.

The fire department explained that dangerous substances such as oil and alcohol were stored in storage outside the factory, so they did not spread to greater damage.

Suwon City sent a safety notice and asked citizens to pay attention to safety, asking them to drive a vehicle by bypassing the road in the area.

Fire authorities plan to determine the exact cause of the fire and the extent of the damage as soon as the fire is completely extinguished.

I'm BAE MINHYUK of YTN in the social studies department.