Power plant fire sends one worker to hospital, others evacuated safely

Back on the local front.

A fire broke out earlier on this Monday at a thermal power plant and fortunately no fatalities were reported.

According to authorities the blaze began at around 9:30 a.m. at the Honam Thermal Power Plant located in Yeosu in the eastern part of Jeollanam-do Province.

The flame was tamed in about an hour and half and officials have now launched an investigation into its cause.