Gwangju waste processing facility fire and multiple accidents reported

A fire broke out at a waste processing company in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, on the morning of October 25. Following reports of heavy black smoke, fire authorities issued a Level 1 response, deploying 92 personnel and 38 pieces of equipment to extinguish the flames. Local authorities issued emergency alerts advising residents to avoid the area and requested that vehicles detour around the site.

The fire follows a series of other accidents in the Jeonnam and Gwangju regions over the weekend. In Nam-gu, a village bus caught fire due to a suspected engine room malfunction, resulting in the total loss of the vehicle. In Yeosu, a man in his 50s died after being crushed by a forklift at a manufacturing site, and in Wando, a Sri Lankan worker was hospitalized following a suspected electric shock while cleaning an aquaculture facility.

Other incidents included a van collision on a rainy road near the Seogwangju Interchange that injured seven people, and a missing person report for a man in his 40s who went missing while fishing in Yeonggwang County.