Fourteen people who had been unaccounted for after a fire at ‘Anjun Industrial,’ an automobile parts manufacturing plant in Daejeon’s Daedeok District, were found dead. According to the Daejeon Fire Headquarters on the 21st,

At least 14 people have been killed in a large-scale fire at an automobile parts plant in the central city of Daejeon, authorities said Saturday, after three pr

At least 14 people have been killed in a large-scale fire at an automobile parts plant in the central city of Daejeon, authorities said Saturday, after three previously missing individuals were found dead.

President Lee Jae Myung stated on the 21st regarding the Daejeon factory fire disaster, “The government will thoroughly investigate the cause and circumstances of this accident and establish fundamental measures to ensure that such a tragedy never occurs again.

Rescuers work at the site of a fire that broke out at an auto parts manufacturing factory in Daejeon, South Korea, on March 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhu Hui) DAEJEON, South Korea, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Police in Daejeon,

A factory fire in Daejeon, South Korea, has resulted in ten fatalities and numerous injuries. Rescue operations are ongoing, with significant resources mobilized to search for missing individuals.

The gym and the break room at a car parts factory, where most of the casualties of Friday's factory fire in Daejeon were found, were deemed to have been illegally constructed, the Daedeok Fire Station and Daedeok District Office stated in a briefing Saturday.

The search for missing persons continues for a second day at a Daejeon automotive parts factory where a major fire occurred. The remaining four missing individuals are believed to be in the collapsed parking lot.