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Ulsan to inspect 18 hazardous-material businesses after chemical-site fire
Ulsan fire officials will inspect 18 businesses that transfer hazardous materials into storage containers from Oct.
20 to 30.
They will check whether businesses follow storage and handling rules, maintain fire-safety equipment and address fire or explosion risks.
The checks follow an Oct.
14 fire at a chemical-products plant in Onsan, Ulsan, where a fire broke out as toluene was being moved from a tank into a storage container.
The fire burned seven tanks and took more than four hours to put out.
From Nov.
1 to 6, officials will give safety training to 177 businesses, including the 18 being inspected and 159 that fill mobile tanks with hazardous materials.
The sessions will cover safe handling and workplace safety management, and Ulsan plans more fire-safety inspections next year, focusing on small and medium-sized businesses.
Ulsan Fire Department will specially inspect 18 businesses that transfer hazardous materials into containers.
The inspections will run from October 20 to 30 and check compliance with storage and handling rules, fire-safety equipment and fire or explosion risks.
The department will also provide safety training to 177 businesses from November 1 to 6.
The measures follow a fire at a chemical-products manufacturer in Ulsan on October 14, where a fire during a toluene transfer burned seven tanks.
- Who
- Ulsan Fire Department will inspect the businesses, with 12 firefighters carrying out the checks.
- What
- It will inspect 18 businesses that transfer hazardous materials into containers and provide safety training to 177 businesses.
- When
- Inspections are scheduled for October 20–30, 2026; training is scheduled for November 1–6.
- Where
- Ulsan, South Korea.
- Why
- To check hazardous-material storage and handling practices, fire-safety equipment and fire or explosion risks.
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A fire broke out during a toluene transfer at a chemical-products manufacturer in Onsan-eup, Ulju County; it burned seven tanks and was extinguished after more than four hours.
Ulsan Fire Department announced plans for special inspections and safety training.
The department is scheduled to inspect 18 businesses that transfer hazardous materials into containers.
The department is scheduled to provide safety training to 177 businesses.
- Businesses to inspect
- 18
- Firefighters assigned
- 12
- Inspection period
- October 20–30, 2026
- Businesses for training
- 177
- Training period
- November 1–6
- Tanks burned in fire
- 7